Indian singer-songwriter (born 1932)
Raghunath Panigrahi
'Suramani' Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi (Odia: ରଘୁନାଥ ପାଣିଗ୍ରାହୀ, romanized: Raghunātha Pāṇigrāhi; was an Odissi music Guru, vocalist, composer and music director. He is most known for his renditions of Jayadeva's Gita Govinda and his vocal support for his wife, the Odissi danseuse Sanjukta Panigrahi. Raghunath belonged to a family associated with Odissi music for centuries, members of which were 19th-century Odissi poet-composer Sadhaka Kabi Gourahari Parichha and Gayaka Siromani Apanna Panigrahi who was the royal musician of Paralakhemundi. He started his musical training from his father Pt Neelamani Panigrahi, who had been collecting traditional Odissi melodies of the Gita Govinda from the Jagannatha Temple of Puri.
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