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{{short description|Indian artist and textile designer (born 1931)}}
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| birth_place        = [[Sambalpur]], [[Odisha]], India
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| children           = [[Sribhash Chandra Supakar]]
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| awards             = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Odisha Lalit Kala Academy Award
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'''Jadunath Supakar''' was an [[Indian people|Indian]] artist and textile designer.<ref name="Banarasi brilliance dazzles Delhi">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/banarasi-brilliance-dazzles-delhi/article191852.ece | title=Banarasi brilliance dazzles Delhi | publisher=The Hindu | date=26 September 2009 | access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref> He was born in 1931<ref name="WorldCat profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-supakar,%20jadunath$1931/ | title=WorldCat profile | publisher=WorldCat | date=2015 | access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref> in [[Sambalpur]] in the Indian state of [[Odisha]] and was known for his contributions for the popularization of handloom industry of [[Varanasi]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/weaving-the-state-of-his-dreams/article1-714727.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723171338/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/weaving-the-state-of-his-dreams/article1-714727.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 July 2015 | title=Weaving the state of his dreams | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=28 January 2011 | access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref> He was a recipient of the Odisha Lalit Kala Academy Award<ref name="ODISHA LALITA KALA ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS">{{cite web | url=http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/109-113.pdf | title=ODISHA LALITA KALA ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS | publisher=Government of Odisha | date=2015 | access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref> and his creations have been exhibited in several countries.<ref name="Page 87 - Art Journal April 2012">{{cite web | url=http://indiaartfestival.com/flipbook/artjournalnovember2009/files/assets/basic-html/page87.html | title=Page 87 - Art Journal April 2012 | publisher=India Art Festival | date=2015 | access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1985.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=June 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref> His son, [[Sribhas Chandra Supakar|Sribhash Chandra Supakar]], is also a textile designer and a national award winner.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2386082971.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018231404/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2386082971.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2016-10-18 | title=Weaving the state of his dreams | publisher=High Beam | date=2015 | access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref>

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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Trade & Industry}}
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[[Category:1931 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian male painters]]
[[Category:People from Sambalpur district]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in trade and industry]]
[[Category:Indian textile designers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian painters]]
[[Category:Painters from Odisha]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male artists]]


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