Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Chau Dance

Started back in 1963, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Chau Dance was first awarded to Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo or Seraikella.

Year Dancers of Chau Year Dancers of Chau
2004 Shashadhar Acharya 1982 Gambhir Singh Mura (Purulia)
1991 Chandra Sekhar Bhanj (Mayurbhanj) 1981 Kedarnath Sahu (Seraikella)
1990 Bikram Kumbhakar (Seraikella) 1975 Krishna Chandra Naik (Mayurbhanj)
1988 Srihari Nayak (Mayurbhanj) 1971 Ananta Charan Sai (Mayurbhanj)
1987 Madan Mohan Lenka (Mayurbhanj) 1963 Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo (Seraikella)


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