Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad is a literary institution situated in the Indian state of Maharashtra for the purpose of the "furtherance of Marathi language and literature".
[citation needed] The Encyclopedia of Indian Literature considers it as Marathi's first representative literary body.
The Parishad arranges annual conferences[1] runs Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika a Marathi quarterly, provides a reference library, conducts qualifying examinations in Marathi language and literature and classes for non-Marathi speakers in Pune.
It has undertaken the publishing a History of Marathi literature.
[2] The Parishad according to Deshpande lead in the demand for the formation of a separate linguistic state – Maharashtra.