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Jayadevi Taayi Ligade | |
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Born | [1] | 23 June 1912
Died | 24 July 1986[1]
Basavakalyan, India | (aged 74)
Nationality | Indian |
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Jayadevitai Ligade (23 June 1912 – 24 July 1986) was an Indian poet and activist who wrote in the Kannada and Marathi languages. [2]: 306
Ligade was president of the 48th Kannada Sahitya Parishat, a non-profit promoting literature in the Kannada language, held in Mandya in 1974, and the first female president of the conference. [1] She fought to unify Sholapur with Karnataka on the grounds of the majority Kannada-speaking community in the city. [2]: 45, 306 She has published several books on Sharana Sahitya in Kannada and Marathi, and wrote Siddarama purana, Sri Siddarameshwara. [3] [4] She also contributed funds to publishing Sharana Sahitya material. [5]
Ligade was president of the Veerashaiva Women's Council (ಅಖಿಲ ಭಾರತ ವೀರಶೈವ ಮಹಿಳಾ ಪರಿಷತ್ತಿನ) and a member of the Central Sahitya Academy. She received the State Sahitya Academy Award and the Devaraja Bahaddur Award (ದೇವರಾಜ ಬಹಾದ್ದೂರ್ ಬಹುಮಾನ). [1]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (December 2023) |
Jayadevi Taayi Ligade | |
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Born | [1] | 23 June 1912
Died | 24 July 1986[1]
Basavakalyan, India | (aged 74)
Nationality | Indian |
Parents |
|
Awards |
|
Jayadevitai Ligade (23 June 1912 – 24 July 1986) was an Indian poet and activist who wrote in the Kannada and Marathi languages. [2]: 306
Ligade was president of the 48th Kannada Sahitya Parishat, a non-profit promoting literature in the Kannada language, held in Mandya in 1974, and the first female president of the conference. [1] She fought to unify Sholapur with Karnataka on the grounds of the majority Kannada-speaking community in the city. [2]: 45, 306 She has published several books on Sharana Sahitya in Kannada and Marathi, and wrote Siddarama purana, Sri Siddarameshwara. [3] [4] She also contributed funds to publishing Sharana Sahitya material. [5]
Ligade was president of the Veerashaiva Women's Council (ಅಖಿಲ ಭಾರತ ವೀರಶೈವ ಮಹಿಳಾ ಪರಿಷತ್ತಿನ) and a member of the Central Sahitya Academy. She received the State Sahitya Academy Award and the Devaraja Bahaddur Award (ದೇವರಾಜ ಬಹಾದ್ದೂರ್ ಬಹುಮಾನ). [1]