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Purnamasi Jani

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Purnamasi Jani
Purnamasi Jani receiving Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind
Born
Purnamasi Jani

1944
NationalityIndian
Known forDevotional music
AwardsPadma Shri (2021)

Purnamasi Jani (born 1944) also known as Tadisaru Bai is a poet, social activist from Odisha. She has composed over 50,000 devotional songs in Kui, Odia and Sanskrit. In 2021, she was awarded Padma Shri by the Indian Government.[1]

Personal life

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Jani was born 1944 in Charipada village under Khajuripada block of Kandhamal district.[2]

Awards

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  • Odisha Sahitya Academy award for poetry in 2006[1]
  • South Odisha literature award in 2008[1]
  • Padma Shri in 2021[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Barik, Satyasundar (26 January 2021). "Padma award for tribal mystic from Odisha". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. ^ Panigrahy, Sisir (28 January 2021). "Padma Awards: Divine poetess Purnamasi Jani from Odisha's Kandhamal never repeats her songs". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 September 2024.