Kannada Sahitya Parishat

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Sahitya Parishat Building
The members of the conference held in Bangalore in 1915 which led to the creation of Kannada Saahithya Parishath

Kannada Saahithya Parishath (

Bengaluru in the state of Karnataka, India. It strives to promote Kannada language through publishing books, organising literary seminars and promoting research projects. It also organises an annual conference on Kannada literature called Kannada Sahithya Sammelana (Kannada Literary Meet). The current president of the parishat is Dr. Mahesh joshi
.

Origin

Mysore Kingdom felt the need to conserve and promote the Kannada language and literature. In this direction, he started the Mysore Economic Conference and created a study circle under H. V. Nanjundaiah. A sub-committee formed under the study circle came up with five different topics on which suggestions were invited:[4]

  • To develop ideas to promote unity and co-operation among Kannada speakers spread across different regions.
  • To develop suggestions for a common written Kannada which had diversified across different regions
  • To ensure that students learning Kannada language use a common textbook
  • To improve the general knowledge among the Kannada speaking population by publishing appropriate books.
  • To produce appropriate Kannada translations for words used in other languages, especially the scientific words.

The sub-committee received good responses from the public and it decided to organise a conference in Bangalore on 3 May 1915 to act upon these suggestions. The conference was held on the grounds of the Government High School and was attended by littérateurs, newspaper editors and other dignitaries from different regions. The conference agreed to create the Karnataka Sahitya Parishat with a mandate to conserve and promote Kannada language and literature. H. V. Nanjundaiah was unanimously elected as the President of the Parishat.

Kodagu
provinces.

Growth

H. V. Nanjundaiah remained as President of the Parishat for the first five years of its creation. In 1935, an annual event under the aegis of the Parishat called as

taluk levels were also created. A new building is being constructed to replace the existing building of the Parishat at a cost of Rupees five crores.[5] During its existence, the Parishat has contributed to the growth of Kannada language by organising conferences and debates, publication and release of books, organising talks by eminent writers and also by holding the annual Kannada Sahitya Sammelana
.

Criticism

The Parishat has reportedly lost focus on its goals due to various reasons including lack of funds and political interference.[6] There were also reports of irregularities conducted within the Parishat in 1987, which prompted the Karnataka Government to nominate an Administrator to the Parishat. The office of the Administrator was removed in 1989.[4]

See also

External links

  • Kannada Sahitya Parishat website
  • a PhD thesis by Dr. M.L. Shankaralingappa – Kannada sahitya parishttu – ondu samaajo samsmskrutika adhyayana – published by Kannada sahitya parishattu, Bangalore, awarded by Bangalore University.
  • * ka sa pa- saitya sammelanagala nirnayagalu. Edited by Dr. M.L. Shankaralingappa – published by Sumukha Prakashana, Bangalore.

Kannada Sahitya Parishat literally mean Kannada Literary Council

Notes

  1. ^ "Kannada Sahitya Parishat". justdial.com.
  2. ^ "How to get to Pampa Mahakavi Road in S.K.R.Market by Bus, Metro". moovitapp.com.
  3. ^ "Pincode of Pampa Mahakavi Road , Shankarpuram, Bangalore". getpincode.info.
  4. ^ a b c d e The origin of Kannada Sahitya Parishat is mentioned by S. Siddesh Kurki. "Kannada Sahitya Parishat, the way it has covered". Online Webpage of That'skannada.com. Greynium Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
  5. ^ Proposal to construct a new building to house the Parishat is mentioned by "Kannada Sahitya Parishat to get new building". Online webpage of That'skannada.com. Greynium Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
  6. ^ Unhealthy trends in the Parishat are mentioned by "No jingoism, please". Online Edition of the Deccan Herald, dated 2004-11-03. 2004, The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
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