Jayadevitai Ligade (23 June 1912 – 24 July 1986) was an Indian poet and activist who wrote in the Kannada and Marathi languages.[2]: 306 

Jayadevi Taayi Ligade
Born(1912-06-23)23 June 1912[1]
Died24 July 1986(1986-07-24) (aged 74)[1]
NationalityIndian
Awards
  • Sahitya Akademi Award
  • Devaraja Bahaddur Award

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನ-೪೮ : ಮಂಡ್ಯಮೇ-ಜೂನ್ ೧೯೭೪ – ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪರಿಷತ್ತು (Literary Conference 48: Mandya, May-June 1974)". Kannada Sahitya Parishat. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b Shankaragouda Hanmantagouda Patil (April 2002). Community Dominance and Political Modernisation: The Lingayats. Karnataka, India: Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788170998679. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  3. ^ Lingayat Religion- Siddarameswara
  4. ^ The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Five (Sasay To Zorgot) - Mohan Lal - Google Boeken
  5. ^ "Vachana Sahitya Sammelan in Sakleshpur today". The Hindu. 30 January 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2020.