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.

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.