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Sujata Mohapatra
“Srimati Sujata Mohapatra is an Odissi dancer and devotee of Lord Jagannatha. She is a senior disciple of the legendary Odissi Guru KeluCharan Mohapatra. Sujata Mohapatra has dedicated her life to upholding the rich culture and devotional mood that her guru embodied through his classicalization of the distinct Odissi dance form.
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About
Kelucharan Mohapatra
Guru
“Odissi is not a mere dance form to entertain people but to inspire and elevate. I don’t actually dance but pray in compassion and the spectators say that this form is dancing.”
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Odissi
Odissi is an embodied prayer form. It is a sacred offering of devotion to the Lord through dance, drama, poetry, music and attire. One of India's 8 classical dance forms it is said this dance was created by Lord Shiva himself. On the Earthly plane this dance originates from Orissa and fully embodies the Oriyan culture and depicts the sculpturesque poses of the Nayika's carved into the Temple of Lord Jagannatha.
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Lord Jagannatha
Lord Jagannatha is the Lord of the Universe. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, in His most blissful form of ecstatic love. He is most mercifully inclined to His devotees who worship Him with love and devotion. He gives benediction to all who render even a little service to His lotus feet.
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Jayadeva Goswami
& Gita Govinda
Jayadeva Goswami was a pure devotee of Krishna and the author of the sacred text the Gita-Govinda, describing the topmost intimate pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna and His eternal consort Srimati Radharani and Her expansions the Gopis.
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