Akkamahadevi Study Chair
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Introduction
Akkamahadevi, the first woman poet, is one of the prominent poets in Kannada. In her simple and beautiful verses, there are plenty of inspiration and role models for today’s youth. To make the young generation aware about these, there is a need to conduct various programs all over the state and even outside. To create awareness about the contributions of Akkamahadevi, Akkamahadevi studies and research chair (peeta) has been established by the Karnataka State University in 2012
Akkamahadevi’s contributions are in the form of vachana. We can see in the Vachana era that the working class, especially the women class, recorded their rebellion against the oppression of them through literary expressions. Akka’s role is highly significant in bringing a new spirit to the female community, which is shrunk by the worldly burdens and limitations imposed by the male society, and as an inspiration for their spiritual achievements.
Vision :
- Promote the contribution of Akkamahadevi for betterment of society
Mission :
- To launch academic programmes such as certificate, Diploma, PG Diploma, Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree, open electives for UG, PG.
- To conduct Seminar/ Workshop/ Symposium/ Special Lectures;
- To create awareness about the contributions of the eminent personality in whose name the Chair is instituted.
- To conduct research on the works of the eminent personality in whose name the Chair is instituted.
- To publish the research works wherever considered necessary
- To Take up extension Activities
- To perform other works connected with the best interest of the chair.
About Akka Mahadevi
Akka Mahadevi ಅಕ್ಕ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ (c.1130–1160) was one of the early female poets of the Kannada literature and a prominent person in the Lingayat Shaiva sect in the 12th century. Her 430 extant Vachana poems (a form of spontaneous mystical poems), and the two short writings called Mantrogopya and the Yogangatrividhi are considered her most notable contribution to Kannada literature. She composed fewer poems than other saints of the movement. The term Akka (“elder Sister”) is an honorific given to her by great Lingayat saints such as Basavanna, Siddharama and Allamaprabhu and an indication of her high place in the spiritual discussions held at the “Anubhava Mantapa”[citation needed]. She is seen as an inspirational woman in Kannada literature and in the history of Karnataka. She considered the god Shiva (‘Chenna Mallikarjuna’) as her husband, (traditionally understood as the ‘madhura bhava’ or ‘madhurya’ form of devotion)

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