LAVANAM DEATH

 

He was born to atheist leader Goparaju Ramachandra Rao "Gora" and Saraswathi Gora in 1930.[3] He began social work at the age of 12 under the guidance of his father. He was the interpreter of Vinoba Bhave during his land reform movement in Andhra Pradesh and parts of Orissa. He married outside his caste to Hemlata Lavanam, daughter of noted poet Gurram Joshua, in 1960 at Sevagram.[4][5] After a tidal wave hit Diviseema in 1977, Lavanam helped in the rehabilitation work.[6] He and his wife worked to reform the Jogini system prevalent in Andhra Pradesh through their organisation, Samskar.[7][8] His wife , a well known atheist and social reformer, died on 19 March 2008 at the age of 75. She was suffering from ovarian cancer.[7] Lavanam died on 14 August 2015, due to multiple organ failure at a hospital in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh