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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1928}}
| birth_place = [[Bargarh district]], [[Odisha]], India
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| occupation = Weaver<br>Master craftsman
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| known for = Nata Sankirtana
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>National Award for Handicrafts
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'''Kunja Bihari Meher''' was an [[Indian people|Indian]] master craftsman and weaver from [[Odisha]].<ref name="Meet the Weavers and Dyers of Ikat">{{cite web | url=http://strandofsilk.com/journey-map/gujarat/ikat/producer%20communities | title=Meet the Weavers and Dyers of Ikat | publisher=Strand of Silk | date=2015 | access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> Born in the [[Bargarh district]],<ref name="ECourts">{{cite web | url=http://ecourts.gov.in/sites/default/files/History%20of%20Bargarh%20District.pdf | title=ECourts | publisher=ECourts | date=2015 | access-date=October 27, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016160924/http://ecourts.gov.in/sites/default/files/History%20of%20Bargarh%20District.pdf | archive-date=16 October 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> he is known for the ''Ikkat'' tradition ([[tie and dye]]) of weaving, found in the [[Sambalpuri saree]]s of Odisha,<ref name="Surendra Kumar Meher">{{cite web | url=http://www.paramparikkarigar.com/popup_artist.php?name=Surendra%20Kumar%20Meher&subtype=IkkatWeaving | title=Surendra Kumar Meher | publisher=Paramparik Karigar | date=2015 | access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> and is credited with the development of Sambalpuri [[handloom]] industry.<ref name="Sambalpuri Sari: Living tradition">{{cite web | url=http://www.merinews.com/article/sambalpuri-sari-living-tradition/149757.shtml | title=Sambalpuri Sari: Living tradition | publisher=Meri News | date=20 November 2008 | access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> He was awarded the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]] by the Government of India, in 1998.<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> He won the National Award for Handicrafts of the National Centre for Textile Design in 2009.<ref name="National Awards for the year 2009">{{cite web | url=http://www.designdiary.nic.in/awards/national_award2009.asp | title=National Awards for the year 2009 | publisher=National Centre for Textile Design | date=2015 | access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> His son, [[Surendra Meher]], is also a known weaver.<ref name="Sant Kabir Award-2013">{{cite web | url=http://handlooms.nic.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/2013.pdf | title=Sant Kabir Award-2013 | publisher=Handloom Corporation of India | date=2015 | access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref>

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