Pandit Pandharinathacharya Galagali (10 July 1922 — 29 August 2015) was a Sanskrit scholar, author, poet, journalist, and orator.

He is also notable for being the first person from the state of Karnataka to win the Sahitya Akademi Award for contributions in Sanskrit.

In 1961, he moved to Gadag, where he started a Sanskrit school called Veera Narayana Pathashala.

"He excels in the usage of alankāras like Parisamkhyā, Ullekha, Upamā, Ílesa, Mālopamā and Anuprāsa.

Galagali is a versatile author and has covered a vast spectrum of various genres in his writings.