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Indian poet Born: January 22, 1934, Aranmula, India Died: December 23, 2020, Government Medical College Thiruvananthapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, India Spouse: Dr K Velayudhan Nair (m. ?–2003) Children: Lekshmi Devi Awards: Vayalar Award, Odakkuzhal Award, Vallathol Award Name Sugathakumari Real Name Sugathakumari Nickname Sugathakumari Profession Poet Date of Birth 22 January 1934 Age 86 Date of Death 23 December 2020 Father Name Yet to be updated Mother Name Yet to be updated Height Yet to be updated Weight Yet to be updated Zodiac Sign / Sun Sign Not known Religion Hindu Educational Qualification Graduated Hobbies Reading, writing Hometown Aranmula, Kerala, India Nationality Indian Married yes Spouse Name Dr. K. Velayudhan Nair (died 2003) Current City Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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Her parents were the poet and freedom fighter Bodheswaran and V. K. Karthiyayini Amma, a Sanskrit scholar. Sugathakumari’s husband Dr. K. Velayudhan Nair (died 2003) was an educationist and writer who was an expert in educational psychology Sugathakumari’s elder sister Hridayakumari was a literary critic, orator and educationist. Sugathakumari received the Bhattia Award for Social Science, the Sacred Soul International Award, the Lakshmi Award for social service, and the first Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Award from the Government of India for her efforts in environmental conservation and afforestation. In 2006, she was honoured with Padma Shri, the country’s fourth-highest civilian honour. Sugathakumari’s husband Dr. K. Velayudhan Nair (died 2003) was an educationist and writer who was an expert in educational psychology. They had a daughter. Sugathakumari’s elder sister Hridayakumari was a literary critic, orator and educationist. The Kerala government declared Sugathakumari’s ancestral house, Vazhuvelil Tharavadu, as a protected monument on her 84th birthday. Sugathakumari died on 23 December 2020, due to complications from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India, at the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, thirty days short from her 87th birthday. Sugathakumari was born in Aranmula on 22 January 1934in the modern day southern Indian state of Kerala (then in the Kingdom of Travancore). Her father Keshava Pillai, known as Bodheswaran, was a famous Gandhian thinker and writer, who was involved in the country’s freedom struggle. V. K. Karthiyayini Amma, her mother, was a well-known scholar and teacher of Sanskrit. Sugathakumari was the second of the three daughters of her parents, following an elder sister named Hridayakumari, and preceding a younger sister named Sujatha Devi, both of them who excelled in literary field. After graduating from the University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Sugathakumari completed her master’s degree in philosophy in 1955, and spent three years researching on the topic of ‘Comparative Study of the Concept of Moksha in Indian Schools of Philosophy’, but did not complete the thesis.
