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| birth_date = 21 September 1914
| birth_place = India
| death_date = 12 August 2002
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| occupation = Dancer<br />Choreographer
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| known for = Folk dancing
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''Bhagaban Sahu''' was an Indian folk dancer, teacher and choreographer, known for codifying the folk dance forms of [[Odisha]].<ref name="A Cultural Journey From 21-09-1914 to 12-08-2002">{{cite web | url=http://ganjam.nic.in/eminent_personality/bhagaban_sahu.htm | title=A Cultural Journey From 21-09-1914 to 12-08-2002 | publisher=Ganjam | date=2015 | access-date=October 20, 2015}}</ref> He was born on 21 September 1914 at [[Ganjam]] in the Indian state of [[Odisha]] in a Brahmin family and took to folk dancing.<ref name="Odisha ignoring Sahu in his birth centenary year">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/odisha-ignoring-sahu-in-his-birth-centenary-year/article7671935.ece | title=Odisha ignoring Sahu in his birth centenary year | publisher=The Hindu | date=21 September 2011 | access-date=October 20, 2015}}</ref> He was credited with efforts to revive the traditional Odissi dance forms such as [[Baagh Naach]] (Tiger dance), Stilt dance, Jodi sankha, Laudi, Paika dance and Chadheia chadheiani.<ref name="Odisha ignoring Sahu in his birth centenary year" /> He taught the villagers about these dance forms and trained them on the art. He was the choreographer of the popular tiger dance sequence in the 1989 Bengali movie, [[Bagh Bahadur]], directed by [[Buddhadev Dasgupta]].<ref name="Odisha ignoring Sahu in his birth centenary year" />

The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1992.<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=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref> Sahu's life has been documented in a biography, ''Folk Legend Baghaban Sahu'', written by Sujata Patnaik, and published by the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]].<ref name="Folk Legend Baghaban Sahu">{{cite book | url=http://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/folk-legend-bhagaban-sahu-IDI528/ | title=Folk Legend Baghaban Sahu | publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | author=Sujata Patnaik | year=2006 | pages=91 | isbn=8123013426}}</ref> He died on 12 August 2002, a month before turning 88.<ref name="A Cultural Journey From 21-09-1914 to 12-08-2002" />

== See also ==
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* [[Baagh Naach]]
* [[Bagh Bahadcur]]
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book | title=Folk Legend Baghaban Sahu | publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | author=Sujata Patnaik | year=2006 | pages=91 | isbn=8123013426}}

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[[Category:People from Ganjam district]]
[[Category:Dancers from Odisha]]
[[Category:Indian male dancers]]
[[Category:Folk dancers]]
[[Category:Indian choreographers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian dancers]]

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