Nanjaiah Honganuru

Nanjaiah Honganuru (Kannada: ಡಾ. ನಂಜಯ್ಯ ಹೊಂಗನೂರು), is an Indian Kannada folklorist in Karnataka state, where he is Professor of Folklore at Mysore University.^[1][2][3][4]

M. Nanjaiah
Dr. Honganuru at Folklore Department, Mysore University
Born	(1970-06-01) 1 June 1970 (age 55) Honganuru, Chamarajanagar, Karnataka, India
Pen name	Nanjaiah Honganuru
Occupation	Professor of Folklore, Mysore University
Education	MA in Kannada MA in Folklore Diploma in Linguistics Diploma in Women Studies Ph. D.
Genre	Folk Literature, Folk Medicine, Folk Arts, Tribelore, Place Names and Person Names and cultural studies

His books on folklore include Samagra Kannada Gadegalu (as an editor), Janapada Dasa Sampradaaya and Jaanapada Siri.^[5] Dr. Nanjaih presided the chair at the 1st "Jaanapada Mahasammelana" held in Chamarajanagara in 2017.^[6]

Books

Honganuru’s books include:

• Jaanapada Mattu Chalanasheelathe (research works)^[7]
• Jaanapada siri
• Sthalanamagalu
• Janapada dasa sampradaya
• B. Rachaiah avara jeevana matthu rajaneethi
• Samagra Kannada Gadegalu(As an editor)^[8]

Articles

His articles include:

• "Sthalanamagalu" ,1997
• "T. Narasipura Thalokina Sthalanamagalu", 1998
• "Honganurina Shishuprasagalu", 1999
• "Gundlupet Parisarada Sthalanamagalu", 2000
• "Janapada Dasa Sampradaaya", 2003
• "Badalavaneyatha Halligalu", 2005
• "Gramina Samskriti Indu mattu Naale", Janapada Karnataka No-1, Vol-4, Prasaranga, Kannada University, Hampi,2005
• "Saaraswatha Tapaswi : Ondu Sthula Parichaya", Appeared in VIDVANMANI - Felicitation Volume of Vidwan M. Shivakumaraswamy Mysore, 1999
• "Janapada Drishti : Maagi", Bahujana Karnataka Vaara Pathrike Sanchike -2, 2001
• "Mysore Jilleya Mata Manyagalu", Prajamatha Mysore Jilleya Visheshanka^[1]