Bhubaneswari Mishra (25 January 1950 — 19 February 2016) was an Odissi classical singer and playback singer. She was a disciple of Adiguru Singhari Shyamsundar Kar. She was married to Dr. Jagamohan Misra, who was a popular physician and poet of Puri town. Her daughter Kasturika Mishra is also a trained classical vocalist. She began her career singing ''Tiki Mora Naa'' for the film ''Krushna Sudama''. She contributed several playback songs for films, including ''Itikili Mitikili'' in the film ''Sakhi Gopinath'', ''Jahna Ra Sindura Gaara'' in ''Belabhumi'', and ''Dayamayee Mahamayee Maa Mangala'' in ''Maa Mangala.'' Mishra was awarded the

Odisha State Film Award The Odisha State Film Awards have been conferred by the Department of Culture of the Government of Odisha, India. The awards were initiated in 1968. The awards are decided by independent juries formed by the Department of Culture. The jury ...

for best female singer in 1979 and 1980 for the films ''Srikrushna Rasalila'' and ''Jay Maa Mangala'' respectively. The Chief Minister of

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, described her as a "very talented artist” and her death as "a great loss in the field of music and culture." A photograph of Mishra is displayed in the new film gallery of the Bhubaneswar State Museum, opened in May 2018, along with other notable playback singers such as Prafulla Kar and Sikander Alam. Mishra died on 19 February 2016 in New Delhi following a cardiac arrest.

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Indian women playback singers Singers from Odisha Indian women classical singers Odia playback singers 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers 20th-century Indian women singers 20th-century Indian singers 1950 births 2016 deaths {{India-singer-stub Odissi music Recipients of the Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi award Disciples of Singhari Shyamsundar Kar