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Adikanda Mahanta
Adikanda Mahanta ( or, ଆଦିକନ୍ଦ ମହାନ୍ତ; born 8 May 1954, Chitrada - 13 January 2015) was an Indian folklorist from Chitrada, Odisha. He is one of the pioneer folklorists of Odisha and is well known for his research on folk culture of eastern India. Biography Mahanta was born in Chitrada, Mayurbhanj district, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, Orissa, India to Shri Shiva Prasad and Satyabhama Mohanta. He stood British undergraduate degree classification#First Class Honours, First Class Honours in the Odia language, Oriya Masters program at Ranchi University. He then earned his PhD in the folk culture of Orissa. He successfully defended his thesis "Odishara Kurmali Lokagita" (Kurmali language, Kudmali/Kurmali Folk Songs of Orissa) in 1988 at the same university. Mohanta was a Sub-Inspector of Schools for the Government of Odisha, Government of Orissa and worked with Basanta Kishore Sahoo and founder Manindra Mohanty for the organisation Research Institute for Oriya Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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