Dhaneswar Swain

Badyashree Guru
Dhaneswar Swain
ଧନେଶ୍ୱର ସ୍ୱାଇଁ
Background information
Born
Dhaneswar Swain

(1953-05-18)18 May 1953
Nahantara, Puri, Odisha
GenresOdissi music
OccupationsOdissi Mardala (Odissi music) Guru and exponent, composer, scholar
InstrumentMardala

Dhaneswar Swain (Odia: ଧନେଶ୍ୱର ସ୍ୱାଇଁ, romanized: Dhaneswara Swāin; born on 18 May 1953) is an exponent and Guru of the Odissi Mardala, the traditional percussion instrument of Odissi music. He founded Vadya Vani Gurukula, an institution for training and research in Odissi Mardala and other traditional Odisha percussion instruments.

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