Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi (10 August 1932 – 25 August 2013) was an
Indian classical singer and music director. A noted singer of the Gita
Govinda.
Life & Career
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Raghunath
Panigrahi left a promising career in film music in Chennai, to provide
vocal support to his wife, Sanjukta Panigrahi, a legendary Odishi
performer and composer.
Sangeeta Suramani Raghunath Panigrahi[/caption]He made a lifetime
contribution of promoting, propagating and popularizing the life and
works of Jayadeva and the cult of Lord Jagannatha.
Sanjukta-Raghunath played for many years from the 1970s until the 1990s.
After
the death of Sanjukta in 1997, he was associated with the Nrityagram
and gave music for many of their productions. He formed the 'Sanjukta
Panigrahi Memorial Trust', in 1999, to promote the cause of Odishi
dance. Since 2001, every year on her birth anniversary, the trust has
been giving away scholarships to budding dancers, and awards excellence
in the field of Odishi dance.
Personal Life
Raghunath
Panigrahi was born on 10 August 1932 in Gunupur, Koraput, Odisha. He
met his future wife dancer Padma Shri Sanjukta Panigrahi at Kalakshetra
Dance School, subsequently they married in 1960 and had two sons. He
died on 25 August 2013 in Bhubaneswar at the age of 82.
Filmography
- Ahalya (1998) Odia Film (Music Director)
- Mukti (1977) Odia Film (Playback Singer)
- Sindura Bindu (1976) Odia Film (Playback Singer)
- Kaa (1966) Odia Film (Playback Singer)
- Abhinetri (1965) Odia Film (Choreographer)
- Nabajanma (1965) Odia Film (Playback Singer)
- Shri Shri Patitapaban (1962) Odia Film (Playback Singer)
- Jayabheri (1959) Telugu Film (Actor)
- Ilavelpu (1956) Telugu Film (Playback Singer)
Awards
- Title of Sur Mani - 1968
- He received an award from the Government of France in the 1970s
- Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Award - 1976
- State Sangeet Natak Akademi Award - 1993
- Padma Shri - 2010
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
- Jayadeva Samman - 2008
- Lifetime Achievement Award of Banichitra Awards - 2008
- Degree, Doctor of Literature, Ravenshaw University, Odisha - 2013
- Degree, Doctor of Literature, Utkal University, Odisha - 2011
- Degree, Doctor of Literature, Berhampur University, Odisha - 2010
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