Raghunath Mohapatra

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Raghunath Mohapatra
Born	(1943-03-24) March 24, 1943 Puri, Odisha
Nationality	Indian
Education	8th ^[1]
Occupation	Instructor
Known for	sculptor
Awards	Padma Vibhushan 2013 Padma Bhusan 2001 Padma Sri 1976
Website
http://www.raghunathcrafts.com/aboutus.htm

Raghunath Mohapatra (born March 24, 1943) is a noted architect and sculptor from Odisha state in India. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1975 and Padma Bhushan in 2001. He is awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2013 on occasion of 64th Republic day of India.^[2]

Biography

Born in Puri,^[3] Mohapatra was awarded Padma Shri by the then President of India Fakiruddin Ali Ahmed in 1976 and honoured with the prestigious Padma Bhushan award in 2001 by former president K R Narayan.

Due to his sustained commitment to the cause of culture and sculpture, he was nominated by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India as a member of prestigious Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in 2000.

Mohapatra has very thorough study on different pattern of temple design, traditional ornament of both cultural and aesthetic aspect for acknowledge authority on stone carving and designing.

Notably, he has been serving as a senior instructor and superintendent of Handicraft training & designing center, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar since 1963.^[4]

References

↑ Kanungo, Laxminarayan (2013). "Raghunath Mohapatra gets Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri to 3 Odias | Odisha Reporter". odishareporter.in. Retrieved 26 January 2013. "He did not study beyond Std VIII"
↑ "Padma Awards". pib. January 29, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
↑ "Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra to get Padma Vibhushan". odishanow.in. Retrieved 26 January 2013. "Born in Puri, Mohapatra"
↑ "Profiles: Padma Vibhushans of 2013 - DNA". dnaindia.com. 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013. "Raghunath served as a senior instructor and superintendent"

v t e Padma Award winners of Odisha

Padma Vibhushan	Kelucharan Mohapatra (2000) Sitakant Mahapatra (2010) Raghunath Mohapatra (2013)

Padma Bhushan	Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati (1954) Prana Krushna Parija (1955) Nilakantha Das (1960) Radhanath Rath (1968) Kalindi Charan Panigrahi (1971) Gopinath Mohanty (1981) Kelucharan Mohapatra(1988) Trilochan Pradhan (1990) Raghunath Mohapatra (2001) Sitakant Mahapatra (2003) Jogesh Pati* (2013)

Padma Shri	Laxminarayan Sahu (1955) Shaila Bala Das (1959) Lakshman Singh Jangpangi (1959) Artabalabha Mohanti (1960) Parasuram Misra (1961) Shanti Kumar Tribhuvandas Raja (1962) Sachidananda Routray (1962) Premananda Acharya (1964) Kruthartha Acharya (1965) Swami Bichitranada Das (1966) Mayadhar Mansingh (1967) Abhin Chandra Rao (1968) Sadashiv Rath Sharma (1969) Mohan Nayak (1970) Sadasiv Misra (1971) G. Subbukrishna Melkote (1972) Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974) Satya Narayan Rajguru (1974) Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975) Nimai Charan Harichandan (1976) Raghunath Mohapatra (1976) Krushna Chandra Panigrahi (1976) Prafulla Kumar Jena (1977) Basantibala Jena (1984) Binode Kanungo (1986) Sudarshan Sahoo (1988) Radha Mohan Gadanayak (1990) Surendra Mohanty (1991) Pankaj Charan Das (1992) Bhagaban Sahu (1992) Priyambada Hejmadi Mohanty (1998) Kunja Bihari Meher (1998) Manoj Das* (2001) Tulasi Munda (2001) Gopal Chandra Mitra (2003) Maguni Charan Das (2004) Manoranjan Das (2004) Dilip Tirkey (2004) Chaturbhuj Meher (2005) Kumkum Mohanty (2005) Madhu Sudan Kanungo* (2005) Ileana Citaristi (2006) Ghanashyam Mishra (2006) Pratibha Ray (2007) Rabi Narayan Bastia* (2007) Gangadhar Pradhan (2008) Srinibash Udgata (2008) Jayanta Mahapatra (2009) Raghunath Panigrahi (2010) Ignace Tirkey (2010) Apurba Kishore Bir (2013) Kailash Chandra Meher (2013) Taraprasad Das (2013) Ajay Kumar Parida* (2014) Geeta Mahalik (2014) Surbrat Kumar Acharya (2014) Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014)

*birth place Odisha

Persondata
Name	Mohapatra, Raghunath
Alternative names
Short description	Architect
Date of birth	1943-03-24
Place of birth	Puri,Odisha
Date of death
Place of death

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