Kannada Sahitya Parishat

Sahitya Parishat Building
The members of the conference held in Bangalore in 1915 which led to the creation of Kannada Saahithya Parishath

Kannada Saahithya Parishath (Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪರಿಷತ್ತು, romanized: Kannaḍa Sāhitya Pariṣattu; lit. 'Kannada Literary Council') is an Indian non-profit organisation that promotes the Kannada language and its literature. Its headquarters are in the city of Bengaluru in the state of Karnataka, India. It strives to promote Kannada language through publishing books, organising literary seminars and promoting research projects. It also organises an annual conference on Kannada literature called Kannada Sahithya Sammelana (Kannada Literary Meet). The current president of the parishat is Dr. Mahesh joshi.