Bharatiya Jnanpith

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Bharatiya Jnanpith is an Indian literary and research organization best known for promoting and honoring excellence in Indian literature across various languages.

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Bharatiya Jnanpith canonical 3

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instanceOf cultural institution
literary organization
non-profit organization
activity instituting literary awards
organizing literary events
publishing books
supporting translation projects
awards Jnanpith Award NERFINISHED
Moortidevi Award NERFINISHED
Murtidevi Granth Puraskar NERFINISHED
Navlekhan Award NERFINISHED
Shankar Puraskar NERFINISHED
country India
field literary criticism
literature
research in Indian languages
focus classical Indian literature
modern Indian literature
foundedBy Rama Jain NERFINISHED
Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain NERFINISHED
foundedIn 1944
knownFor Jnanpith Award NERFINISHED
publishing literary works
supporting Indian languages
languageScope Assamese
Bengali
Gujarati NERFINISHED
Hindi
Kannada NERFINISHED
Malayalam NERFINISHED
Marathi NERFINISHED
Odia
Punjabi NERFINISHED
Rajasthani
Sanskrit NERFINISHED
Tamil NERFINISHED
Telugu NERFINISHED
Urdu NERFINISHED
other Indian languages
locatedIn New Delhi, India
surface form: New Delhi
namedAfter Jnanpith (seat of knowledge) NERFINISHED
nonProfitStatus non-governmental organization
parentOrganization Jain family of Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain NERFINISHED
purpose promotion of Indian literature
promotion of literary research
recognition of literary excellence
recognizes authors in multiple Indian languages
regionServed India
sector arts and culture

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Jnanpith Award presentedBy Bharatiya Jnanpith
Jnanpith Award sponsor Bharatiya Jnanpith
Jnanpith Award relatedTo Bharatiya Jnanpith