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poet from Odisha, India

Purnamasi Jani

b. 1944, writes in Odia, writer, poet

Purnamasi Jani 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.

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Awards

Odisha Sahitya Akademi Ovation

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Odia