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Laxminarayan ‘Payodhi’ was born on 23 rd march, 1957 in a small village called Ankisa in Mahrashtra and grown in Bhopalpattnam (Bijapur distt.) Chattisgarh.

He is a noted Indian poet of contemporary literary movement from modern Indian Hindi literature. He is best known for his early work Somaru, was even recognized as a best seller and has been published thrice ((1992,1997,2005)

Personal life and education: Laxminarayan Payodhi, is one of the most significant poets of modern Hindi, is born in a telugu speaking family. Though a student of Hindi, took keen interest in various Vedas and epics from the very beginning. In time, through his natural intelligence and acquired knowledge, he became an authority on various languages – Telugu, English, Sanskrit, and Hindi. He is popular by his pen name “Payodhi” means sea of milk. Payodhi's life, barring short periods, was one long sequence of struggle and hard work. His father, Tati mallaya, was a farmer with a high principles and open thoughts, which helped him to come out of such a small village to big city because of the extreme talents he possessed and commence his bright future. Payodhi is educated in the Hindi medium. His earlier education was in Bhopalpattnam. Although, after seeing his talent and brilliance, government sent him to better institutes for further studies. Thereon, he shifted to Jagdalpur and then to Raipur for his graduation and for his masters degree in Hindi literature and sociology, from Ravishankar University, Raipur. Growing up, he took inspiration from personalities like Ramakrishna Paramhans, Suryakanth Tripathi ‘Nirala”, Swami Vivekananda and Adishankaracharya , After his marriage with Bhagyarekha and her support, Soon, he started publishing his books of poems in Hindi. Thereafter, he excelled on various fields of Hindi literature as a storywriter, novelist, critic and even did significant work for children. Living in Bhopal from last 25 years, he set various examples by contributing a lot to tribes of Madhya Pradesh. In such long time, he was editor of the very popular magazine “Samajh Jharokha” for tribal children. From last two decades he has done research on tribal languages, life style and culture. Being so innovative and creative in his work, he has set an epitome by being a hope for the preferment for the tribes of Madhya Pradesh. The world of Hindi literature is remarkable for ideological and aesthetic divisions. Today, he is one of the very few people in Hindi literature who are admired and respected by almost all, across all divisions.

Literary Work:

On Poems: 1.	Somaru (1992,1997 and 2005) 2.	Akhetakhon ke Viruddh (1997) 3.	Ant mein bachi Kavita (2000) 4.	Gamak (Gazals, 2002) 5.	Harshit hai Brahmand (Lyrics,2003-2004) 6.	Kandeel mein Sooraj (Gazals, 2005) 7.	Punarapi (selected poems, 2005) 8.	Chuppiyon ka Bayaan (Gazals ,2008) 9.	Andhere ke paar (Gazals, 2011) 10.	Chintalnaar se Chintalnaar tak (Poems,2012)

Stories: Sambandhon ke Avaj Mein (1992)

Research books: 1.	Gondi-Hindi shabd kosh ( Dictionary,2006) 2.	Bheeli-Hindi shabd kosh (Dictionary, 2007) 3.	Korku-Hindi shabd kosh ( Dictionary 2007) 4.	Gond Janjati Ka Sanskratik Pralekh (Culture of Gond Tribe.) (2006) 5.	 Janjatiya Godna: Shrangar aur upchar (2012)

On Children Literature: 1.	Vanvasi Krantiveer (1990) 2.	Ajab Kahani, Gazab Kahani (1996) 3.	Langooron K Desh Mein (1996) 4.	Ababeel Ki Saheli (2000) 5.	Ghonsala Bola (2005) 6.	Adeevasi Kranti Nayak (2005) 7.	Thiburoo (Novel, 1992) 8.	Sooraj k Desh mein (Novel,2005) 9.	Titali Pari (Drama,1998) 10.	Uttar ban Jayein (Poems,2005) 11.	Unche Rakhein Iraadein (Poems,2005) 12.	Adivasee Bachon k Khel (Encyclopedia on tribal games, In two parts, 2005)

Upcoming Books: 1.	Gundadhur ( Drama is about bastar revolt in 1910 by tribal groups). 2.	Ram bola (Drama is based on Goswami Tulsidas life). 3.	Gonchi (Drama is based in tribal lifestyle). 4.	Antim Mahayudh (The last world war; collection of stories). 5.	Mahuphool ( Novel). 6.	Somaru ( English version). 7.	Somaru (Marathi version). 8.	Bheel Janjatiya samooh mein prateekvad (Symbolism of Bheel tribal community ).

Editing: 1.	Samajh jharokha ( govt. magazine for children) 2.	Vimarsh (about criticism) 3.	Gondi- Hindi dictionary 4.	Bheeli- Hindi dictionary 5.	Korku -Hindi dictionary 6.	Sampark and Sandhaan (newsletter of Tribal  Welfare  Department, Madhya Pradesh). 7.	Research bulletin ( Tribal Research and Development Institute, Madhya Pradesh). 8.	Korku Vyakaran. 9.	Bheeli Vyakaran.

Awards/ Honors:

1.	Indravati Award.(1982) Kondagaon. 2.	Ambika Prasad ‘Divya’ Puraskar: ‘Sambandhon k Avej Mein’(1993) ,Harshit hai Brahmaand (2008), Madhya Pradesh Rashtra Bhasha Prachaar Samiti. 3.	Kadambinee Puraskar, (1995), Hindustan Times, New Delhi. 4.	Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla Puraskar.(1996) Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Academy 5.	Pavaiya Puraskar: (2007) Kala Mandir, Bhopal. 6.	A special award for dictionary of 3 tribal languages (Bheeli, Korku, Gondi). (2008) Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh. 7.	Bhartiya bal kalyan sansthan Kanpur, (1996) (contribution for children literature) 8.	Vasant Rao Uikey Samman (2002), Vasant Rao Uikey Smruti Sansthan, Bhopal for tribal emotions in Hindi literature. 9.	Special honor for children literature (2008) Bal Kalyan evam Bal Sagitya Shodh Kendra, Bhopal. 10.	Bhasha Bharti samman (2010) Karvat Kala parishad, Bhopal.

Others: 1.	Telefilm Mohuphool and tele dama Bhoomkal based on Gundadhoor 2.	Somaru in Marathi and English and Kandeel mein Sooraj in Urdu. 3.	Some of the poems and stories have been translated into English, Urdu, Marathi Telugu Halbi, and Sindhi. 4.	Some of the stories and poems have included in the syallabus of m.p board and C.B.S.E 5.	Gundadhoor, Somaru, Harshit hai Brahmand, Gamak and even him as a personality is been matter of study of PhD and D lit. for many researchers. 6.	There had been a program called “Somaru- Prasang “ by karvat Kala Parishad (1997) 7.	An event called “Payodhi- Prasang” by janhit prakashan and was organized to discuss Payodhi’s literature.(2002) 8.	Vande Matram Samiti organized Gazal eve on Payodhi’s creation. Twice, once on Gamak in 2002 and then for Kandeel mein Sooraj in 2011.

Reference: “Bastar ka kavyapurush Somaru” (kala karvat- April 1997) A book by Dr. Lata Agarwal named “Payodhi Hojaney Ka Arth”, criticism on Payodhi’s life and literature.