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Raghunath Panigrahi

'Suramani' Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi (Odia: ରଘୁନାଥ ପାଣିଗ୍ରାହୀ, romanized: Raghunātha Pāṇigrāhi; was an Odissi music Guru, vocalist, composer and music director. He is most known for his renditions of Jayadeva's Gita Govinda and his vocal support for his wife, the Odissi danseuse Sanjukta Panigrahi. Raghunath belonged to a family associated with Odissi music for centuries, members of which were 19th-century Odissi poet-composer Sadhaka Kabi Gourahari Parichha and Gayaka Siromani Apanna Panigrahi who was the royal musician of Paralakhemundi. He started his musical training from his father Pt Neelamani Panigrahi, who had been collecting traditional Odissi melodies of the Gita Govinda from the Jagannatha Temple of Puri. Later, Raghunath continued learning Odissi music under Pt Narasingha Nandasarma and Pt Biswanatha Das. He was widely known as 'Gitagobinda Panigrahi'.

Personal life
Raghunath Panigrahi was born on 10 August 1932 in Gunupur, Rayagada, Odisha. He started his musical training first under his father, Sri Nilamani Panigrahi, who later put him under the tutelage of Odissi music exponent Pt Narasingha Nandasarma of Puri. 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==
Awards
• Title of Sur Mani • 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, August 2013 • Degree, Doctor of Literature, Utkal University, Odisha, 2011 • Degree, Doctor of Literature, Berhampur University, Odisha, 2010 ==References==
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