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Maguni Charan Das (1921–2008)

Raghurajpur gurukula founder who reconstructed Odia Gotipua devotional boy-dancer pedagogy and acrobatic bandha nritya formations.

Gotipua dance guru striking brass manjira cymbals in a Raghurajpur gurukula courtyard

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Gotipua dance guru striking brass manjira cymbals in a Raghurajpur gurukula courtyard
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Working in the palm-lined craft village of Raghurajpur near Puri, Guru Maguni Charan Das established Dasabhuja Gotipua Odissi Nritya Parishad to sustain residential akhada training in Vaishnava abhinaya songs, mardala percussion, and interlocked acrobatic bandha postures. 1

Generations of Odissi and Gotipua performers traced their foundational physical grammar to his courtyard school, recognised with the Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma Shri (2004). 1

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Raghurajpur, Odisha, India · Dance
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Guru Maguni Charan Das and the Gotipua Lineage of RaghurajpurSangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, 2005—
"Maguni Charan Das (1921–2008)." Folkroom Archive (Artists), https://folkroom.org/artists/maguni-charan-das · CC BY-SA 4.0.