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Purnamasi Jani
Purnamasi Jani
	Purnamasi Jani receiving Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind
Born	Purnamasi Jani; 1944; Odisha
Nationality	Indian
Known for	Devotional music
Awards	Padma 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

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

References

^ ^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.
^ 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.

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[:0-1] 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.

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