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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.

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. She fought to unify Sholapur with Karnataka on the grounds of the majority Kannada-speaking community in the city. She has published several books on Sharana Sahitya in Kannada and Marathi, and wrote Siddarama purana, Sri Siddarameshwara. She also contributed funds to publishing Sharana Sahitya material.

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).

References

1. ^ "ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನ-೪೮ : ಮಂಡ್ಯಮೇ-ಜೂನ್ ೧೯೭೪ – ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪರಿಷತ್ತು (Literary Conference 48: Mandya, May-June 1974)". Kannada Sahitya Parishat. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
2. ^ 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.

• 1912 births
• 1986 deaths
• Kannada-language writers
• Women writers from Karnataka
• Marathi-language writers