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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1935|10|13}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sonepur, Odisha|Sonepur]], [[Odisha]], India<br />
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| occupation = Weaver<br />
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| known for = [[Tie-dye]] [[handloom]] weaving<br />
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| website = {{Url|http://www.mehersonline.in/index.html|mehersonline}}<br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Odisha State Award<br>Chinta O Chetana National Award<br>Viswakarma Award<br>Priyadarshini Award<br />
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'''Chaturbhuj Meher''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] weaver, considered by many as one of the master weavers of the [[Tie-dye]] handloom tradition of [[Odisha]].<ref name="Chaturbhuj Meher work applauded">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article179003.ece?service=print | title=Chaturbhuj Meher work applauded | publisher=Indian Express | date=9 February 2010 | access-date=December 2, 2015}}</ref> Born on 13 October 1935 at [[Sonepur, Odisha|Sonepur]] in [[Odisha]], he had formal education only up to school level but learned the traditional weaving craft to join ''Weavers' Service Centre'' as a Weaver.<ref name="Padma Shri Chaturbhuj Meher">{{cite web | url=http://subarnapur.nic.in/chaturbhuj.htm | title=Padma Shri Chaturbhuj Meher | publisher=Government of Odisha | date=2015 | access-date=December 2, 2015}}</ref> ''Vayan Vihar'', a handloom factory and ''Handloom Research and Training Center'', a research institute in Sonepur have been founded by him and he is known to have trained over 10,000 craftsmen.<ref name="Padma Shri Chaturbhuj Meher" /><br />
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Aishwarya Rai, former [[Miss World]] and [[Bollywood]] actor is reported to have worn one of Meher's [[Sonepuri Sari]] creations on her wedding day, gifted by her mother-in-law, [[Jaya Bachchan]].<ref name="Odisha’s handwoven wonder makes a comeback">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/article594630.ece | title=Odisha’s handwoven wonder makes a comeback | publisher=Indian Express | date=26 August 2012 | access-date=December 2, 2015}}</ref> He is a recipient of the Odisha State Award twice, in 1991 and 1995, as well as awards such as Chinta O Chetana National Award (1992), Viswakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (1997) and Priyadarshini Award (2005).<ref name="Padma Shri Chaturbhuj Meher" /> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2005, for his contributions to Indian handloom sector.<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><br />
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