Kelucharan Mohapatra (8 January 1926 – 7 April 2004) was a legendary Indian classical dancer, guru, and exponent of Odissi dance, who is credited with the revival and popularizing of this classical dance form in the 20th century.[2]
He is the first person to receive the Padma Vibhushan from Odisha.[3]
A noted Sanskrit poet of India writes on this Guru: Saango-paanga-subhangi-laasya-madhuram samteerna-nrutyaarnavam, which translates as – "Each fraction of his dancing body leads to paramount sweetness, through miraculous poses and postures. In fact, Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra crossed the ocean of styles."[4]
^Remembering the maestro[usurped] Leela Venkatraman, The Hindu, 15 April 2005.
^DANCE REVIEW; Sculptural And Sensual, It's Odissi by Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times, 19 October 2000.
^Sampad, Shilpi (26 January 2013). "Sun dreamer gets Padma". telegraphindia.com. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013. after late Odissi dancer Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra
^Vanikavi Dr.Manmohan Acharya (8 January 1926). "SRJAN, Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Nrityabasa". Srjan.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
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