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| birth_date = 1934<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = 14 August 2013<br />
| death_place = [[Vrindavan]]<br />
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| occupation = Painter<br />
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| children = [Krishn Kanhai & Govind.]<br />
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>AISCCON Lifetime Achievement Award<<br />
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'''Kanhai Chitrakar''' was an Indian artist and painter,<ref name="Hare Krsna">{{cite web | url=http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/features/09-05/features72.htm | title=Hare Krsna | publisher=Hare Krsna | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="PBCnet">{{cite web | url=http://www.pbcnet.com/artgallery/artists/KanhaiChitrakar/ | title=PBCnet | publisher=PBCnet | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050403/http://www.pbcnet.com/artgallery/artists/KanhaiChitrakar/ | archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Hinduism Today">{{cite web | url=http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=4146 | title=Hinduism Today | publisher=Hinduism Today | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> credited with the revival of the heritage painting discipline of ''Kanhai Art'',<ref name="IBN Live">{{cite web | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/artist-kanhai-chitrakar-passes-away-lk-advani-pays-tribute/414971-3-242.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102224532/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/artist-kanhai-chitrakar-passes-away-lk-advani-pays-tribute/414971-3-242.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 November 2013 | title=IBN Live | publisher=IBN Live | date=17 August 2013 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> a method of painting where gold powder, gold leaves, and gemstones are used.<ref name="India PR Wire">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/art/2010010240620.htm | title=India PR Wire | publisher=India PR Wire | date=1 January 2010 | access-date=30 December 2014 | archive-date=2 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402152300/http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/art/2010010240620.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="DNA India">{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-pure-gold-and-crystal-studded-paintings-1130050 | title=DNA India | publisher=DNA India | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Hare Krsna 2">{{cite web | url=http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/news/10-05/news127.htm | title=Hare Krsna 2 | publisher=Hare Krsna | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref><br />
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Kanhai Chitrakar was born in [[Vrindavan]], in [[Mathura district]], in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="PBCnet" /> His career started as an art director for the renowned filmmaker [[Guru Dutt]], but later, he returned to Vrindavan, where he set up his studio, working in Kanhai art.<ref name="DNA India" /> The studio has since grown to become ''Kanhai Art Works,'' where he and his two sons, [[Krishn Kanhai]] and [[Govind Kanhai]], worked producing artwork. Krishn received the [[Padma Shri]] award, and Govind received the Uttar Pradesh State Ratna Award.<ref name="My Chronicles">{{cite web | url=http://mychronicles2007.blogspot.ae/2007/11/golden-legacy.html | title=My Chronicles | date=28 November 2007 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref><br />
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A recipient of the AISCCON lifetime achievement award and the Uttar Pradesh Ratna award,<ref name="Vrindavan Today">{{cite web | url=http://news.vrindavantoday.org/2010/10/gurusharanananda-and-hudda-speak-at-aisccon-conference/ | title=Vrindavan Today | publisher=Vrindavan Today | date=2010 | access-date=30 December 2014 | archive-date=2 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102652/http://news.vrindavantoday.org/2010/10/gurusharanananda-and-hudda-speak-at-aisccon-conference/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Chitrakar was honored by the [[Government of India]] in 2000 with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="PBCnet" /><ref name="IBN Live" /><ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |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=15 October 2015 }}</ref> He died on 14 August 2013.<ref name="IBN Live" /><br />
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