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

1944
Odisha
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

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

Awards

References

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


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