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{{Short description|Gotipua dancer and guru}}
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{{Infobox person
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| birth_place = [[Raghurajpur]], [[Puri district]], [[Odisha]], India
| death_date = 5 December 2008
| death_place = [[Raghurajpur]], [[Puri district]], [[Odisha]], India
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| occupation = Traditional dancer
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| known for = [[Gotipua]] dance
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi Award<br />Tulsi Award
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'''Maguni Charan Das''' was an Indian traditional dancer of [[Gotipua]], a traditional dance form of [[Odisha]].{{cn|date=May 2021}}

==Life==

He was the founder of ''Dasabhuja Gotipua Odishi Nrutya Praishad'', a school for Gotipua dance where the art form is taught in the traditional [[Gurukul]] way.<ref name="God's Little Dancers: The Gotipua Tradition of Odisha">{{cite web | url=http://www.craftrevival.org/voiceDetails.asp?Code=198 | title=God's Little Dancers: The Gotipua Tradition of Odisha | publisher=Craft Revival | date=2015 | access-date=November 23, 2015}}</ref> Born in [[Raghurajpur]], in [[Puri district]] of the Indian state of [[Odisha]], he is known to have contributed to the revival of Gotipua tradition, which is widely considered as the precursor of the classical dance form of [[Odissi]].<ref name="God's Little Dancers: The Gotipua Tradition of Odisha" /> His style of performance is known as the ''[[Raghurajpur]] Gharana'' of Gotipua<ref name="Bold Troupers of a Folksy Dance Cult">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/Bold-Troupers-of-a-Folksy-Dance-Cult/2014/12/13/article2568193.ece | title=Bold Troupers of a Folksy Dance Cult | publisher=Indian Express | date=13 December 2014 | access-date=November 23, 2015}}</ref> and his school provides training in the dance discipline, while taking care of the academic education of the students. He was a recipient of Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Tulsi Award.<ref name="God's Little Dancers: The Gotipua Tradition of Odisha" /> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2004, for his contributions to [[Gotipua]] dance.<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://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref>

Das died on 5 December 2008.<ref name="Eminent dancer Guru Maguni Charan Das dies">{{cite web | url=http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=9459 | title=Eminent dancer Guru Maguni Charan Das dies | publisher=Orissa Diary | date=5 December 2008 | access-date=November 23, 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124094507/http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=9459 | archive-date=24 November 2015 }}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Gotipua]]
*[[Mardala]]

== References ==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
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