Jayadevi Taayi Ligade

Dr. Jayadevi tai Ligade is a prominent woman writer of Kannada.[1] She became the president of Kannada Sahitya Parishattu. She fought to unify Sholapur with Karnataka on the linguistic grounds of majority Kannada-speaking community in the city.[2] She has published several books on sharana sahitya in Kannada and Marathi, and wrote Siddarama purana, Sri Siddarameshwara.[3][4] She also helped by paying some donation in inventing and publishing sharana sahitya.[5]

References

  1. Shankaragouda Hanmantagouda Patil (April 2002). Community Dominance and Political Modernisation: The Lingayats. Karnataka, India: Mittal Publications. p. 306. ISBN 9788170998679. Retrieved April 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. Patil, Shankaragouda Hanamantagouda (2002). Community Dominance and Political Modernisation: The Lingayats. Mittal Publications. pp. 45, 306. ISBN 8170998670.
  3. Lingayat Religion- Siddarameswara
  4. The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Five (Sasay To Zorgot) - Mohan Lal - Google Boeken
  5. Hindu.com retrieved 3rd Jan 2010
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