Artist Life Date: Padma Shri Upendra Maharathi (1908-1981)
Padma Shri Upendra Maharathi worked extensively with local craftsmen of Bihar and Orissa to carry on the task of reviving the folk forms and giving them the status of living traditions.
Padma Shri Upendra Maharathi worked extensively with local craftsmen of Bihar and Orissa to carry on the task of reviving the folk forms and giving them the status of living traditions.
Maharathi was an artist whose contribution none can condone, and especially at a time when the average artist seems to have transformed into a creative chamber of commerce.
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