Wednesday, August 14, 2013
GURU KELUCHARAN MOHAPATRA ( January
8, 1926 – April 7, 2004) was an Indian classical dancer,guru, and
proponent of Odissi dance, who is credited for the revival of the
classical dance form in the 20th century. He is the first person to get Padma
Vibhushan from Odisha. A Noted Sanskrit poet of India writes on
this Guru 'that
Saango-paanga-subhangi-laasa-madhuram samteerna-nrutyaarnavam' which means - Each fraction of his dancing body leads to paramount
sweetness through the miraculous pose and postures. In fact, Guru Kelucharan
Mohapatra crossed the ocean of styles.
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