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{{Short description|Indian architect and scultpor}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Raghunath Mohapatra
| image = Padma Vibhushan Raghunath Mohapatra (Architect and Sculptor) 01.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|03|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sasan Padia, [[Puri]], Odisha
| children = 5
| father = Damodar Mohapatra
| mother = Sakuntla Mohapatra
| spouse = {{Marriage|Rajani Mohapatra|20 March 1966}}
| nationality = {{Ind}}n
| other_names =
| education = 8th<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.odishareporter.in/eminent-odia-sculptor-raghunath-mohapatra-gets-padma-vibhushan/ |title=Raghunath Mohapatra gets Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri to 3 Odias | Odisha Reporter |first=Laxminarayan |last=Kanungo |work=odishareporter.in |year=2013 |quote=He did not study beyond Std VIII |access-date=26 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128091203/http://www.odishareporter.in/eminent-odia-sculptor-raghunath-mohapatra-gets-padma-vibhushan/ |archive-date=28 January 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| occupation = Instructor
| known_for = sculptor
| Awards = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha ,2018
[[Padma Vibhushan]], 2013 <br/>[[Padma Bhusan]], 2001<br/> [[Padma Sri]], 1976
| website = http://www.raghunathcrafts.com/aboutus.htm
| office = [[Member of Parliament]]<br>[[Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start = 14 July 2018
| predecessor = [[Anu Aga]]
| constituency = Nominated ([[Arts]])
}}

'''Raghunath Mohapatra''' (born 24 March 1943)<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|last1=Ambaly|first1=Anwesha|title=Salute to doyen|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1161020/jsp/odisha/story_114434.jsp|access-date=27 July 2017|work=The Telegraph|date=20 October 2016}}</ref> Rajya Sabha MP is an architect and sculptor from [[Odisha]] state in [[India]]. He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] in 1975 and [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2001.<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=15 November 2014 }}</ref> He was awarded [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2013 on occasion of 64th Republic Day of India.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=91838|title= Padma Awards|publisher=pib|date= January 29, 2013 |access-date= January 29, 2013 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Born in [[Puri]] ([[Odisha]]),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.odishanow.in/story.aspx?s_id=7454 |title=Sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra to get Padma Vibhushan|work=odishanow.in |quote=Born in Puri, Mohapatra |access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref> Mohapatra was awarded Padma Shri by the then President of India Fakiruddin Ali Ahmed in 1976 and also received the Padma Bhushan award in 2001.

He was nominated by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India as a Member of the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] (ICCR) in 2000.

He served as a Senior Instructor and Superintendent of Handicraft Training & Designing center, Government of Odisha, [[Bhubaneswar]] since 1963.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow_profile-padma-vibhushans-of-2013_1792707#top |title=Profiles: Padma Vibhushans of 2013 - DNA |work=dnaindia.com |year=2013 |quote=Raghunath served as a senior instructor and superintendent |access-date=5 February 2013}}</ref>

==Awards==
* Padma Vibhushan, 2013<ref>{{cite web |url= http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=91838 |title=Press Information Bureau English Releases |work=pib.nic.in |year=2013 |quote=Shri Raghunath Mohapatra |access-date=5 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/khanna-sharmila-dravid-chosen-for-padma-awards/article4345127.ece?homepage=true |title=The Hindu : News / National : Padma Vibhushan for Yash Pal, Roddam, S.H. Raza, Mohapatra |work=thehindu.com |year=2013|quote=Renowned sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra and painter S. Haider Raza were chosen for Padma Vibhushan |access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref>
* Padma Bhusan, 2001
* Padma Shri, 1976<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954 - 2013)|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs|access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref>
* National Award for Sculpture, 1964<ref>{{cite web|last=Barik|first=Satyasundar|title=An award for my devotion to sculpture: Mohapatra|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/an-award-for-my-devotion-to-sculpture-mohapatra/article4348736.ece|publisher=The Hindu|access-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>
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==References==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
{{Padma Vibhushan Awards}}
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2000–09}}
{{Padma Award winners of Odisha}}

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[[Category:Indian male sculptors]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in arts]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts]]
[[Category:Indian art educators]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian sculptors]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts]]
[[Category:Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Odisha]]

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