Jayalakshmi Seethapura

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{{short description|Indian Kannada folklorist, writer}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = T. Jayalakshmi

| image = Dr. Jayalakshmi Seethapura.jpg

| caption = Dr. Seethapura at KIKS, Mysore University

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1954|09|23|}}

| death_date = 16 June, 2024

| pseudonym = Jayalakshmi Seethapura

| birth_place = Seethapura, Pandavapura, Karnataka, India

| genre = Folk music, folk Literature, folk medicine, folk arts and cultural studies

}}

Dr. T. Jayalakshmi, known by her pen name as Dr. Jayalakshmi Seethapura ({{langx|kn|links=no|ಡಾ. ಜಯಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಸೀತಾಪುರ}}), was one of the eminent folklorists of modern India who writes in Kannada language.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prajavani.net/news/article/2017/01/23/467748.html|title=Pandavapura Kannada Sahitya Sammelana|publisher=www.prajavani|date=23 Jun 2017}} She was a retired Folklore professor of Mysore University. Jayalakshmi has performed hundreds of state and national level cultural competitions as judge. Her books on folklore have well received by the readers of Karnataka.

File:Prof. Jayalakshmi Seethapura.jpg

Jayalakshmi has written more than 30 books on folklore and few are "Namma suttina Janapada Kathana Geethegalu"(published by 'Karnataka Janapada and Yakshagana academy'),{{cite web|url=https://www.sapnaonline.com/namma-suttina-janapada-kathana-geethegalu-306456|title=Sapnaonline:Search Page|author=|date=|website=www.sapnaonline.com}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} "Hakki haaryave gidadaga", "Jaanapada hatti", "Kalyanavenni Janarella"(published by Kannada Sahitya Parishat){{cite web|url=http://www.marymartin.com/web/SearchAuthor;jsessionid=6F9853008E1421E0E363C2AAB5480AFB?authorParam=Jayalakshmi+Seethapura|title=Jayalakshmi Seethapura|author=|date=|website=www.marymartin.com|access-date=29 August 2015|archive-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115083542/http://www.marymartin.com/web/SearchAuthor;jsessionid=6F9853008E1421E0E363C2AAB5480AFB?authorParam=Jayalakshmi+Seethapura|url-status=dead}} and many more. She has written numerous articles on folklore and folk literature of Karnataka.

Dr. Seethapura received the Karnataka Janapada academy award in 2016.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Janapada-Academy-Awards-to-be-given-away-tomorrow/article13989425.ece|title=Janapada Academy Awards to be given away tomorrow|author=|newspaper=The Hindu |date=9 January 2016|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}

==Death==

Jayalakshmi met with a road accident and admitted to hospital. She died of cardiac arrest on 16 June 2024 while being treated for injuries.{{cite news|url=https://kannada.hindustantimes.com/karnataka/mysuru-news-karnataka-well-known-folklore-scholler-from-mysuru-varsity-jayalakshmi-seethapura-passes-away-kub-181718535612539.html|title=Well known folklorist Jayalakshmi Seethapura passes away|work=Hindustan Times|language=Kannada|date=17 June 2024}} She was 70.