Purnamasi Jani

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.

Personal life

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

Awards

Odisha Sahitya Academy award for poetry in 2006
South Odisha literature award in 2008
Padma Shri in 2021