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| name = R. C. Dhere
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|07|21}}
| birth_place = [[Nigade, Mawal]], [[Bombay State]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|07|01|1930|07|21}}<ref name="death">{{cite news |last1=Srivastava |first1=Shilpika |title=Eminent Marathi literary scholar Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere dies |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/eminent-marathi-literary-scholar-ramchandra-chintaman-dhere-dies-1467431004-1 |access-date=13 December 2020 |work=[[Jagran Josh]] |date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]]<ref>{{cite news |title=इतिहास संशोधक रा. चिं. ढेरे यांचं निधन |url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/historian-ramchandra-chintaman-dhere-died-at-87/articleshow/53000787.cms |access-date=13 December 2020 |work=Maharashtra Times |date=July 1, 2016 |language=mr}}</ref>| nationality =
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| occupation = Writer, researcher
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| known_for = Research in Marathi Ethanography
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| awards = {{bulleted list|[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1987)|Campbell Gold Medal by [[The Asiatic Society of Mumbai]]|Tagore Award by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]<ref name="sangeetnatak">{{cite web |title=Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere |url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=264&at=3 |website=sangeetnatak.gov.in |access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref>|Punyabhushan Award (2010)<ref>{{cite news |title=Ramachandra Dhere bags Punyabhushan award |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/ramachandra-dhere-bags-punyabhushan-award/ |access-date=13 December 2020 |work=The Indian Express |date=7 March 2010 |language=en}}</ref>|Nine state awards}}
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| education = [[Pune University]] *[[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] (1975) *[[Doctor of Letters|D.Litt]] (1980)
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| thesis_title = Shtsthal: Ek Adhyan
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'''Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere''' (21 July 1930 – 1 July 2016) was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] writer from [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref name="profile">{{cite book |last1=Datta |first1=Amaresh |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti |date=1988 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=9788126011940 |oclc=34346334|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC |access-date=13 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Dhere was born in the small village of Nigade in [[Pune district]]. He was orphaned at an early age of five.<ref name="obit2">{{cite news |title=ऋषितुल्य |url=https://www.loksatta.com/agralekh-news/ramchandra-chintaman-dhere-2-1260363/ |access-date=13 December 2020 |work=Loksatta |date=2 July 2016 |language=mr-IN}}</ref> He studied at Municipal School, Pune, Poona English School, Poona Night School and graduated in 1966. During high school days he worked as a proof reader in the local press.<ref>{{cite news |title=Biography |url=http://www.rcdhere.com/biography.html |access-date=13 December 2020 |work=www.rcdhere.com}}</ref>

Dhere earned a PhD in Marathi in 1975. His doctoral thesis titled ''Shtsthal: Ek Adhyan'' was completed under the guidance of Ramchandra Shankar Walimbe.<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Dhere |first1=Ramchandra Chintaman |title=Shtsthal: Ek Adhyan |date=1975 |type=PhD |institution= [[Pune University]] |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/161126 |access-date=13 December 2020 |language=mr}}</ref> In 1980, he became the first person to obtain a Doctorate of Literature from [[Pune University]].<ref name="obit"/>

==Career==
From his childhood, Dhere was deeply influenced by folk-life and literature. He was drawn towards saint literature such as [[Warkari]] and [[Nath]]
sects and started studying them.

Dhere wrote over 100 scholarly books, including some edited or translated works of others, on Marathi folk literature and culture, reconstruction of cultural history of places, religious sects in Maharashtra, and biographies of marathi [[Sant (religion)|saints]].<ref name="profile"/><ref name="obit2"/> He also composed several poems and musical plays. Dhere lost almost all of his collection of old books in 1961 when the [[Panshet Dam]] broke flooding the city of Pune.<ref name="obit2"/>

Dhere received a [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1987 for his literary criticism ''Shri Vitthal: Ek MahaSamanvay''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Akademi Awards (1955-2019) |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#MARATHI |access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref> The highly influential book was translated to English by [[Anne Feldhaus]] and published by [[Oxford University Press]] in 2011.<ref name="obit"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ḍhere |first1=Rāmacandra Cintāmaṇa |editor1-last=Feldhau |editor1-first=Anne |editor1-link=Anne Feldhaus |title=The rise of a folk god: Viṭṭhal of Pandharpur |date=2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |ISSN=0262-7280|oclc=764404903 |isbn=9780199777594 |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/rise-of-a-folk-god-9780199777594 |access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref>

==Death and legacy==
Dhere died in Pune on 1 July 2016 at the age of 86 following prolonged illness.<ref name="death"/> Writer [[Aruna Ramchandra Dhere]] is his daughter.<ref name="obit">{{cite web |last=Banerjee |first=Shoumojit |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/rc-dhere-chronicler-of-maharashtras-religious-traditions-passes-away/article8799168.ece|title=R.C. Dhere, chronicler of Maharashtra’s religious traditions, passes away|date=2 July 2016|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=2 July 2016}}</ref> In 2019, a library was built in Pune to preserve a collection of his books.<ref>{{cite news |title=A library to preserve the collection of books of R C Dhere |url=https://www.punekarnews.in/a-library-to-preserve-the-collection-of-books-of-r-c-dhere/ |access-date=13 December 2020 |work=Punekar News |date=12 February 2019}}</ref>

==Literary work==
The following is a partial list of Dhere's works:

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* Datta Sampradayacha Itihas (1958)
* Nath Sampradayacha Itihas (1959)
* Dakshinecha Lokdev Khandoba (1961)
* Marathi Loksanskrutiche Upasak (1964)
* Ramrajyachi Sphurtikendre (1966)
* Vividh (1967)
* Loksanskrutichi Kshitije (1971)
* Prachin Marathichya Nawadhara (1972)
* Shakti Pithancha Shodh (1973)
* Vividhdarshan (1975)
* Matangipatta (1976)
* Chakrapani (1976)
* Nawadarshan (1977)
* Lajjagauri (1978)
* Mharashtracha Dewhara (1978)
* Sant Sahtya Wa Lok Sahitya: Kahi Anubandha (1978)
* Shri Vitthal: Ek MahaSamanvay (1984)
* Shikhar Shinganapurcha Shambhu Mahadev (2002)
* Gangajali
* Agnyapatra
* Shodhashilpa
* Shree Tuljabhavani
* Shree Anandnayaki
* Lokdevatanche Vishva
* Sant, Lok Ani Abhidnyan
* Musalman Marathi Santkavi
* Bhartiya Rangbhumichya Shodhat
* Lokasahitya: Shodh Ani Samiksha
* Trividha
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