Raibenshe

Sunil Thandar

Call: 9609620069

Sunil is into Raibenshe genre of folk dance form since childhood. He has learnt from his father late Gushadhwaj Thandar who was his guru. Sunil is the leader of Dhali Bratachari Raibeshe Sangha and performs dhali dance as well. He has performed in Delhi, Kolkata, Jammu and Jharkhand. His team has won the district award several times.

Gopal Chandra Sarkar

Call: 9474078276

Gopal Chandra Sarkar is a Raibenshe artist of Doulatabad village in Murshidabad. He started his training before he turned 5 under the guidance of his grandfather Kishori Mohan Sarkar. Later on his father, Balaram Sarkar sharpened his skills. He is proficient in martial art, gymnastics, and acrobatics. He is the leader of Srishti Dance Academy and this group has 13 male members and 5 female members. He has performed in Kolkata, Tepantar, Kalimpong, Siliguri, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Delhi and Assam.

Ajit Konai

Call: 9733686835

Ajit is a renowned Raibenshe dancer of Murshidabad district. He learnt from Sudhir Bittar, who was also his guru. Ajit is the leader of Joyguru Raibenshe Sanstha . With 45 years of experience in Raibenshe genre of folk dance of West Bengal, Ajit Konai and his team has performed in Delhi, Kerala, Amritsar, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Darjeeling, Amritsar and Kolkata.

Prakash Bitter

Call: 9609285367

Prakash Bitter, a resident of Murshidabad district has been practising Raibenshe dance for the last 20 years. Prakash is the leader of Swadhin Bitter Raibeshe Songostha. Prakash Bitter and his team performed in Himachal, Goa, Assam, Nagaland and Delhi. He has been awarded in the Banipur Loko Utsab 2016 and Purba Medinipur District Police Annual Sports Meet

Shaktipada Dalui

Call: 973458234

Shakti Dolui has 45 years of experience in this dance form. He is a resident of Murshidabad district. His father’s name is Chinaram Dolui. He has learnt the art-form from his guru is Kanan Bagdi. He has performed in the states of Kerala, Assam, Haryana, Rajasthan, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Bombay. His group is called Ma kali Raibenshe O Lokonritya Sampraday and have 70 members. He has been awarded the Bangla Academy award.

Basudeb Bhalla

Call: 8170808524

Basudeb's tryst with this folk dance form began at a very early age. His gurus were Bhimdas Bairagya, Swadhin Bitter. He has his own dance group namely Sahora Raibenshe Yobo Gosthi. This group has 20 members. He has performed in Bardhaman and Murshidabad districts of West Bengal as well as in Delhi and Assam.

Sentu Bitter

Call: 7407922161

Sentu, a Raibenshe artist, is a resident of Burwan in Murshidabad district specializes in martial art. He is in the folk art form for the last 26 years and has honed his skill under his guru Sovakar Bitter. Sentu is the leader of a group namely Bangabhumi Raibeshe Sanstha. This group has 20 members. Apart from practicing Raibenshe genre of folk dance, Sentu’s main source of income is bamboo craft. He has performed in Mumbai, Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore, Dimapur, Goa, Delhi, Kerala, Hariyana, Lucknow, Tamilnadu, and Mumbai.

Dukhaharan Pandit

Call: 9474488198

Dukhaharan Pandit leads the group Koshigram Raibenshe & Loksanskriti Sanstha. He is a resident of Kashigram village located in Katwa I Tehsil of Bardhaman district in West Bengal, India. Dukhaharan Pandit has been practising this genre of dance form for 47 years. He has 45 members in his team.

Aloy Pandit

Call: 9735342737

A leader of an 18 members group namely New Gana Raibenshe Sanstha, Aloy is a young generation artist of Raibenshe form of Bardhaman district. He has learnt Raibenshe from his father Nilay Pandit and his uncle Haru Pandit. Alay specializes in gymnastics and has performed in Kolkata, Goa, Darjeeling and Raiganj. Apart from pursuing the art form, he is agricultural labour. His son is also associated with this art form.