Kunja Bihari Meher

Kunja Bihari Meher
Born	1928 (age 87–88) Bargarh district, Odisha, India
Occupation	Weaver Master craftsman
Known for	Nata Sankirtana
Awards	Padma Shri National Award for Handicrafts

Kunja Bihari Meher was an Indian master craftsman and weaver from Odisha.^[1] Born in the Bargarh district,^[2] he is known for the Ikkat tradition (tie and dye) of weaving, found in the Sambalpuri sarees of Odisha,^[3] and is credited with the development of Sambalpuri handloom industry.^[4] He was awarded the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri by the Government of India, in 1998.^[5] He won the National Award for Handicrafts of the National Centre for Textile Design in 2009.^[6] His son, Surendra Meher, is also a known weaver.^[7]

References

↑ "Meet the Weavers and Dyers of Ikat". Strand of Silk. 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
↑ "ECourts" (PDF). ECourts. 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
↑ "Surendra Kumar Meher". Paramparik Karigar. 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
↑ "Sambalpuri Sari: Living tradition". Meri News. 20 November 2008. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "National Awards for the year 2009". National Centre for Textile Design. 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
↑ "Sant Kabir Award-2013" (PDF). Handloom Corporation of India. 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015.

Padma Award winners of Odisha

Padma Vibhushan

Kelucharan Mohapatra (2000) Sitakant Mahapatra (2010) Raghunath Mohapatra (2013)

Padma Bhushan

Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati (1954) Prana Krushna Parija (1955) Nilakantha Das (1960) Radhanath Rath (1968) Kalindi Charan Panigrahi (1971) Gopinath Mohanty (1981) Kelucharan Mohapatra(1988) Trilochan Pradhan (1990) Raghunath Mohapatra (2001) Sitakant Mahapatra (2003) Ramakanta Rath (2006) Ramakanta Panda* (2010) Jatin Das (2012) Jogesh Pati* (2013)

Padma Shri

Laxminarayan Sahu (1955)
Sailabala Das (1959)
Lakshman Singh Jangpangi (1959)
Artaballabha Mohanty (1960)
Parshuram Mishra (1961)
Shanti Kumar Tribhuvandas Raja (1962)
Sachidananda Routray (1962)
Paramananda Acharya (1964)
Kruthartha Acharya (1965)
Swami Bichitranada Das (1966)
Mayadhar Mansingh (1967)
Abhin Chandra Rao (1968)
Sadashiv Rath Sharma (1969)
Mohan Nayak (1970)
Sadasiv Misra (1971)
G. Subbukrishna Melkote (1972)
Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974)
Satya Narayan Rajguru (1974)
Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975)
Nimai Charan Harichandan (1976)
Raghunath Mohapatra (1976)
Krushna Chandra Panigrahi (1976)
Prafulla Kumar Jena (1977)
Basantibala Jena (1984)
Jadunath Supakar*
Binode Kanungo (1986)
Sudarshan Sahoo (1988)
Radha Mohan Gadanayak (1990)
Surendra Mohanty (1991)
Pankaj Charan Das (1992)
Bhagaban Sahu (1992)
Priyambada Mohanty Hejmadi (1998)
Kunja Bihari Meher (1998)
Manoj Das* (2001)
Tulasi Munda (2001)
Gopal Chhotray (2002)
Kota Harinarayana* (2002)
Gopal Chandra Mitra (2003)
Dilip Tirkey (2004)
Maguni Charan Das (2004)
Manoranjan Das (2004)
Nalini Ranjan Mohanty* (2004)
Chaturbhuj Meher (2005)
Kumkum Mohanty (2005)
Madhu Sudan Kanungo* (2005)
Ileana Citaristi (2006)
Ghanashyam Mishra (2006)
Pratibha Ray (2007)
Rabi Narayan Bastia* (2007)
Gangadhar Pradhan (2008)
Srinibash Udgata (2008)
Jayanta Mahapatra (2009)
Raghunath Panigrahi (2010)
Ignace Tirkey (2010)
Apurba Kishore Bir (2013)
Kailash Chandra Meher (2013)
Taraprasad Das (2013)
Ajay Kumar Parida* (2014)
Geeta Mahalik (2014)
Subrat Kumar Acharya (2014)
Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014)
Prafulla Kar (2015)
Haldhar Nag (2016)
Nila Madhab Panda* (2016)

*birth place Odisha

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