Madhavi Pattanayak

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Madhavi Pattanayak (or Madhavi Dasi, 16th-century CE) was one of the earliest female poets to write in the

Madhavi Pattayanak was born to a Karana family in Bentapura, a village of the Puri district. After becoming a widow at a young age, Pattayanak began to live with her cousin Raya Ramananda, who was the governor of Rajmahendri. During this period, Pattayanak, Ramananda, and Pattayanak's brother Sikhi Mohanty all became followers of Sri Chaitanya.^[1]

Literary works

Pattayanak was devoted to the god Jagannath. She wrote religious poetry in the mid-16th century.

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