Ramhari Das

Professor
Ramhari Das
ରାମହରି ଦାସ
Professor Ramhari Das ରାମହରି ଦାସ
	Guru Ramhari Das performing at Rajarani Music Festival 2021
Background information
Birth name	Ramhari Das
Born	1 February 1953; Kanpur, Balasore, Odisha
Genres	Odissi music
Occupations	Odissi music Guru, singer, professor, scholar, musicologist, composer
	Awards: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2008

Pandit Ramhari Das (Odia: ରାମହରି ଦାସ, romanized: Rāmahari Dāsa, Odia: [raːmɔhɔri d̪aːsɔ] ^ⓘ; born 1953) is a leading singer, composer, musicologist and Guru of Odissi music.^[1] Known for his renditions, compositions, lecture-demonstrations and writings,^[2] Das has served as a professor and led the Odissi vocal department in prominent musical institutions of Odisha, including the Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya and the Utkal University of Culture.^[3]^[2] He is the founder of Ramhari Das Odissi Gurukula at Biragobindapur, Puri.^[4] For his contributions to Odissi music, Das received the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2008.^[3]^[5]

^ Shrestha Bharat Sanskriti Samagam : A festival of Music, Dance, Drama, Folk, Tribal Arts, Puppetry & Allied Traditions. Bhubaneswar, Odisha: Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi ; Odia Language, Literature & Culture Department, Government of Odisha ; Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi, Odisha. 2018. p. 10.
^ ^a ^b Vidyarthi, Nita (17 October 2013). "Raising his voice". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Ramhari Das". Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
^ "About Guru Ramhari Das". Ramhari Das Odissi Gurukula. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
^ "Award for 3 Orissa artistes". The Hindu. 12 January 2009. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 November 2020.