Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, May 8, 2022, condoled the passing away of eminent Odia litterateur Rajat Kumar Kar and said he was a doyen of the cultural world whose multifaceted persona was seen in the manner in which he chronicled the Rath Yatra.
Kar, a Padma Shri awardee, died at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Sunday, his family said.
He was 88-years-old and had heart-related ailments, they said.
