FEW FACTS ON RAGHUNATH PANIGRAHI

* GURU VOCALIST RAGHUNATH PANIGRAHI 

* BORN IN - 10th AUGUST 1932 (BORN IN RAYAGADA) 

* DIED ON - 25th AUGUST 2013 

* HE IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS GITA GOVINDA PANIGRAHI 

SPOUSE -.

* SANJUKTA PANIGRAHI ALSO A ODISHI DANCER, SHE RECEIVED PADMASHREE 

FORMED - 

* SANJUKTA PANIGRAHI MEMORIAL TRUST 1999 (TO PROMOTE ODISHI DANCE) 

* RAGHUNATH PANIGRAHI COMPOSED SONGS FOR VARIOUS LANGUAGES LIKE TELUGU, KANNADA, ODIA.

* HE WAS MEMBER OF 19TH CENTURY ODISSI POET COMPOSER SADHAKA KABI ( GOURAHARI PARICHA & GAYAKA SIROMANI APARNA PANIGRAHI) 

AWARDS - 

* 1968 - SURA MANI 

* 1976 - SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY AWARD 

* 1980.- GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE AWARDED 

* 1993 - STATE SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY AWARD 

* 2008 - JAYADEV SAMMAN (ODISHA) 

* 2008 - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BANICHITRA AWARDS 

* 2010 - PADMA SHRI 

* 2013 - DEGREE DOCTORATE OF LITERATURE REVENSHAW UNIVERSITY 

* 2011 - DEGREE DOCTORATE OF LITERATURE UTKALA UNIVERSITY 

* 2010 - DEGREE DOCTORATE OF LITERATURE BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY