Padma Shri Winning Eminent Malayalam Poet Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri passes away at 81

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Renowned Malayalam poet, priest and academician Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri, has passed away. He was 81.
He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2014, for his contribution in the world of Malayalam literature for decades.
Mr Namboothiri also won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Kendra Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, Vallathol Award, Odakkuzhal Award and the Mathrubhumi Literary Award, among others.
He was also a noted scholar of language and the Vedas, as well as an orator.