# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joravarsinh-jadav
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:40:14.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joravarsinh-jadav"
name: "Joravarsinh Jadav"
slug: "joravarsinh-jadav"
description: "Joravarsinh Danubhai Jadav was an Indian folklorist and proponent of the folk arts from Gujarat. Exposed to folk culture as a child, he studied history and culture in Ahmedabad. He wrote and edited more than 90 works on folk culture, folk literature, and folk arts. He established the Gujarat Lok Kala Foundation for the promotion of folk arts. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2019. He was also the Vice-chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi."
tagline: "Indian folklorist"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-01-10"
deathDate: "2025-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             10.46511627906977
  historical:           6.207056
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  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump