Renowned poet Jaynarayan Tripathy, a resident of Sarbahal here, breathed his last at the age of 81 on Saturday. His talent was known after release of his first poem collection "Nirmalya", Thereafter, six poem collections by him were published being entitled "Guptalila", "Antardaha", "Bibartan", "Sammohan" and "Naibedya".
He was felicitated by the Odisha Sahitya Akademi, Utkal Sahitya Samaj and several other organisations.
His last rites were performed on arrival of his eldest son Byomkesh Tripathy, who is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Culture.