* 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
