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Raghunath Panigrahi

Raghunath Panigrahi

Raghunath Panigrahi (1932-2013) is a Kannada Singer known for the movies Mana Mecchida Madadi(1963), Jagajyothi Basaveshwara(1959)

Raghunath Panigrahi : Biography Filmography Trivia

Other Names	R. N. Panigrahi, Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi
Date Of Birth	10 August 1932
Age	(Age at Death: 81 years 0 months 15 days)
Place Of Birth	Gunupur, Koraput, Odisha
Date Of Death	25 August 2013
Place Of Death	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Star Sign	Leo
Wife	Sanjukta Panigrahi(m. 1960-1997)
Biography Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi was an Indian classical singer and music director. A noted singer of the Gita Govinda, he left a promising career in film music in Chennai, to provide vocal support in his wife, Sanjukta Panigrahi, a legendary Odissi performer and composer. He made a lifetime contribution of promoting, propagating and popularizing the life and works of Jayadeva and the cult of Lord Jagannatha

Interesting Facts and Trivia

Degree,Doctor of Literature, Utkal University, Odisha, 2011
Degree,Doctor of Literature, Berhampur University, Odisha, 2010
He received an award from the government of France in the 1970s.
He received Padma Shri, 2010
Degree,Doctor of Literature, Ravenshaw University, Odisha, August 2013

Raghunath Panigrahi: Filmography (2)

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1963	Mana Mecchida Madadi[Playback Singer]
1959	Jagajyothi Basaveshwara[Playback Singer]