Bhubaneswar: Three-time Odisha chief minister and former Assam governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik died at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, said family sources.

Patnaik, 89, passed away at a private hospital at 3 a.m. Patnaik had arrived at Tirupati on Monday to attend the convocation of Tirupati Rashtriya Sanskruta University as the chief guest. Patnaik was the university's chancellor.