Raibenshe

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.

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.

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.