Balan Putheri
India author
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Balan Putheri is a visually challenged author from India. He authored more than 211 books on different subjects. He was given the Padma Shri Award, the fourth-highest civilian award in India in 2021.[1]
Life
Putheri is from Karipur, Kerala, India.[2] He published his first book in 1983, and his 50th book, Guruvayoor Ekadashi, in 1997. He authored 211 books and most of them were about Hindu mythology.[2]
His wife, Shanta, who was battling cancer, died on the day he reached Rashtrapati Bhavan to receive the award.[3]
