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Govinda Menon was born on 1 October 1906, in the village of Kakkad which on the eastern bank of the
Chalakudy River, in the district of Thrissur in Kerala, India. He was the fourth son of Kumarapilly Krishna Menon and Madhavi Amma. He grew-up under the wings of his uncle Kunjunni Menon.
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the famous poet visited Kerala, and was going to attend a public event at Aluva, via
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