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'''Guru Sanchita Bhattacharya''' or '''Sanchita Bhattacharya''' is an Indian [[Odissi]] dancer.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=Sanchita|title=Divine Dancer|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/divine-dance/article3283498.ece|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref> She specializes in classical Odissi dance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kolkatatoday.com/guru-sanchita-bhattacharya/|title=Odissi Dancer|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=Sanchita|publisher=Kolkata Today|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artindia.net/odissi2.html|title=Odissi Dancer Lists|last1=Dancer|first1=Divine|publisher=Art India|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref> <br />
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==Career==<br />
She has performed across India and abroad, including at New York's [[Madison Square Garden]]. She toured the US for charity funds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yespunjab.com/entertainment/bollywood/item/39292-indian-artists-to-tour-us-for-charity-funds|title=Indian Artists to Tour for Charity Funds|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/inspired-by-mythology/article4340728.ece|title=Dance Inspired by Mythology|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref> She was featured in a movie in the US. Its shooting is in progress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Bengali-danseuse-feature-in-movie-in-USA/articleshow/20461771.cms|title=Bengali Danseuse Feature in Movie in USA|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref><br />
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''The New York Times'' noted "her dance has been described as perfection". Odissi dancing dates back to the first and second century BC, and is one of India's oldest surviving dace forms.<ref name="skidmore.edu">{{cite web|url=http://www.skidmore.edu/news/2012/3473.php|title=Classical dance from East India to be performed|website=www.skidmore.edu}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
She married Indian classical musician [[Tarun Bhattacharya]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=Tarun|title=Tarun Bhattacharya's Wife|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060114/asp/weekend/story_5699756.asp|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Performances==<br />
Her performances include:<ref>{{cite web|title=Performances|url=http://eventful.com/ames/events/odissi-dance-performance-ms-sanchita-bhattacharya-/E0-001-015496262-0|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Event List|url=http://www.sanchita.org/events.php|website=www.sanchita.org/|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref><br />
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In India:{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}<br />
* Sanket Mochan Festival - Varanasi<br />
* Dovar Lane Music Conference<br />
* National Maritime Day Celebration in India, 2008<br />
* Jagannath Temple Puri<br />
* Opening Ceremony of 1st India International Woman Festival<br />
* Indian Spring Fest<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fest|title=Indian Spring|url=http://staging.arcosanti.org/node/9586|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref><br />
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Abroad:{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}<br />
* 25th Anniversary celebration of NABC at Madison Square Garden<br />
* Esplanade Theatre - Singapore<br />
* Grand Finale of India festival at North Carolina<br />
* University of Minnesota - USA<br />
* Hull Truck Theatre by kingston Government - UK<br />
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== Recognition ==<br />
{{BLP sources|date=January 2016}}<br />
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* Cultural Ambassador of India<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skidmore.edu/news/2012/3473.php|title=Cultural Ambassador of India|last1=Ambassador|first1=Cultural|publisher=Skidmore College|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kolkatatoday.com/guru-sanchita-bhattacharya/|title=Cultural Ambassador of India|last1=Ambassador|first1=Cultural|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref> <br />
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* Sangeet Shyamala Award 2011<br />
* Rash Ratna Award 2011 by Hinduthan Art and Music Society<br />
* Dovar Lane Music Conference Award 2008<br />
* Cultural Ambassador of India<br />
* Kolkata Gaurav Samman 2007 by Indian Press<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Sanchita Bhattacharya performing at Bharat Nirman Award.jpg|Bhattacharya dancing at Bharat Nirman Award<br />
File:Guru Sanchita Bhattacharya Dancing the role of Draupadi.jpg|On 6 July Odissi dancer is performing Sanchita Bhattacharya dancing a Droupodi<br />
File:Guru Sanchita Bhattacharya performing as DURGA.jpg|Bhattcharjee and her troupe practicing to welcome the upcoming Durga Festival at Heritage house Sovabazar Rajbari in Calcutta on Saturday 17 September 2005.<br />
File:Guru Sanchita Bhattacharya - The Odissi Dancer.jpg|Bhattacharya Performing<br />
File:Sanchita Bhattacharya Receiving Mashal Pratibha Samman.jpg|Bhattacharya Receiving Mashal Pratibha Samman<br />
File:Regular Picture of Guru Sanchita Bhattacharya.jpg|Regular picture of Bhattacharya<br />
File:Guru Sanchita Bhattacharya Odissi Dance.jpg|Bhattacharya performing an Odissi Dance<br />
File:Guru Sanchita Bhattacharya Performing as Inlay.jpg|Bhattacharya performing as Inlay<br />
File:Guru Sanchita with Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankarji.jpg|Bhattacharya with Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankarji<br />
File:Guru Sanchita Performing The draupadi phenomenon (Tolly 1).jpg|Bhattacharya performing The draupadi phenomenon (Tolly 1)<br />
File:Guru Sanchita receiving Raas Ratna Award.jpg|Bhattacharya, the Odissi Dancer receiving Raas Ratna Award from Padma Bhusan Girija Devi<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Tarun Bhattacharya]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*{{Official|http://www.sanchita.org/sanchita.php}}<br />
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