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'''Sai, Ananta Charan''' (full name ''Ananta Charan Sai Babu'') (1915–89) Mayurbhanj Chhau dance ([[UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists|UNESCO heritage]]) practitioner.<ref>{{cite book|title=Sangeet Natak|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RpGfAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi}}</ref> Born in a family of [[Chhau dance|Chhau]] performers in [[Mayurbhanj]], he studied under his father Radhamohan Sai and others gurus of chhau dance such as Dibakar Bhanj Deo and Mohammad Rejak Khan. Ananta Charan Sai died in 1989.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
He promoted Chhau dance by teaching many disciples as Head Ustad (maestro) in [[Baripada]] in the premier institute of training chhau dance called Nritya Pratisthan.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=DftkAAAAMAAJ&q=the+oxford+companion+to+indian+theatre&dq=the+oxford+companion+to+indian+theatre&hl=sk&sa=X&ei=czBqVIiZCsiWapKLgbgM&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre]'' by Lol Ananda,Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-19-564446-3}}</ref> In 1971 he was awarded with [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<ref>[http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm Sangeet Natak Award List] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331060603/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |date=31 March 2016 }}</ref> His successors son Guru Janmejoy Sai Babu and two grandsons [[Rajesh Sai Babu]] & Rakesh Sai Babu continued spread classical chhau dance technic till today in the capital city of India, Delhi.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=RpGfAAAAMAAJ&q=Anant+charan+sai&dq=Anant+charan+sai&hl=es&sa=X&ei=SoRqVL_2LongaKu3gogJ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ Sangeet Natak, no. 131–134], Sangeet Natak Akademi, 1999<br />
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