The Kannada Sahitya Sammelana () is the premier gathering of writers, poets and Kannadigas. It is held with the aim of preserving and developing the

Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native ...

, its literature, art, culture and music. It was started in 1915 by

H. V. Nanjundaiah Hebbalalu Velpanur Nanjundaiah (1860 – 1920) was the acting Diwan of Mysore, founder and first Vice Chancellor of the University of Mysore, senior judge of the Mysore State High Court and founding president of the Kannada Sahitya Sammelana. ...

and held at

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. It used to be inaugurated by prominent writers and poets from 1915 to 1948. Since then it has been inaugurated by the Chief Minister of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO 15919, ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reor ...

. The Kannada Sahitya Parishat is responsible for holding the gathering.

Recently held

83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held from 24 to 26 November in

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude o ...

. Chandrashekar Patil popularly known as Champa was the president this year(2017). 84th Akhila Bharata Kannada Sammelana held at Dharwad during January 2019 Chandrashekara Kambara was the president. The 85th Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana was held in February 2020 at Kalburgi and H. S. Venkateshamurthy held the presidency of this event.

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Recently held

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