Ramarao Patro

{{short description|Odissi Singer and Guru}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Pt. Ramarao Patro | birth_date = 1947 | birth_place =[[Kabisuryanagar]], [[Ganjam]], [[Odisha]] | native_name_lang = or | image_size = 300 | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Ramarao Patro | image = Guru Pt Ramarao Patra Odissi Bina (Veena).jpg | genre = [[Odissi music]] | occupation = [[Odissi music]] Guru, vocalist, Odissi Binākāra, composer | instrument = Odissi [[Veena|Bina]] | years_active = | label = | awards = | honorific_prefix = | native_name = ରାମାରାଓ ପାତ୍ର | origin = [[Kabisuryanagar]] }}

''Pandit'' '''Ramarao Patro''' ({{Langx|or|ରାମାରାଓ ପାତ୍ର|translit=Rāmarao Pātra}}; born 1947<ref name=":0" />) is an [[Odissi music]] Guru, Odissi [[Veena|Bina]] exponent or ''Bīṇākara'' (also spelled Veena), noted composer & vocalist.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pioneer|first=The|title=Tribute paid to Mardal maestro Banamali|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/tribute-paid-to-mardal-maestro-banamali.html|access-date=2020-11-27|website=The Pioneer|location=India|language=en}}</ref> He has composed music for hundreds of [[Odissi|Odissi dance]] items<ref>{{Cite web|title=Review – National Festival of Odissi Dance & Music 2009 – Part 2 – Ratikant Mohapatra|url=https://narthaki.com/info/rmc/rmc2.html|access-date=2020-11-27|website=narthaki.com}}</ref> and has worked closely with the founding Gurus of Odissi dance including Guru [[Pankaj Charan Das]], Guru [[Deba Prasad Das]] & Guru [[Kelucharan Mahapatra]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chakra|first=Shyamhari|date=2016-11-03|title=Celebrating an alternate style of Odissi|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Celebrating-an-alternate-style-of-Odissi/article16091714.ece|access-date=2020-11-27|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He has widely performed Odissi Bina recitals across the state.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-31|title=Gurukul Utsav – a befitting birthday bash for Guru Ramahari Das|url=https://thesamikhsya.com/entertainment/gurukul-utsav-a-befitting-birthday-bash-for-guru-ramahari-das|access-date=2020-11-27|website=The Samikhsya|language=en-US}}</ref> He presently teaches Odissi Veena to students at Guru Ramhari Das' Odissi Gurukul at Biragobindapur, Puri, Odisha. Patro is the very last Guru and artiste of the Odissi Veena.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=72-year-old Veena player of Odisha reviving the glory of the instrument|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/good-news/2019/aug/31/72-year-old-veena-player-of-odisha-reviving-the-glory-of-the-instrument-2027118.html|access-date=2020-11-27|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=Odisha360 com|title=18th Annual Guru Pankaj Utsav Inaugurated |url=https://www.odisha360.com/2012/03/18/guru-pankaj-utsav-inaugurated/|access-date=2020-11-27|language=en-US}}</ref> Patro started his initial training at the age of six in the Gandhiji Sangita Kalamandira established by Acharya [[Tarini Charan Patra]] in his hometown. He initially trained under Guru Bauribandhu Das and Guru Krusna Chandra Brahma. He then learned vocal Odissi music and the intricacies of the Bina in the [[Odissi music|Odissi style of music]] from [[Tarini Charan Patra]] himself. He later joined the [[Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya]] as a student and continued his musical education there.<ref name=":0" /> He is the author of a voluminous book ''Odissi Sangita Baridhi'' (co-authored with disciple Prateek Pattanaik) documenting details of 60 Odissi ragas and 140 traditional Odissi compositions as taught by Guru Tarini Charan Patra.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Patro |first1=Ramarao |last2=Pattanaik |first2=Prateek |title=Odissi Sangita Baridhi ଓଡ଼ିଶୀ ସଙ୍ଗୀତ ବାରିଧି: ଆଚାର୍ଯ୍ୟ ତାରିଣୀ ଚରଣ ପାତ୍ରଙ୍କ ନିର୍ଦ୍ଦେଶିତ ଓ ସଂଗୃହୀତ ଓଡ଼ିଶୀ ପ୍ରବନ୍ଧ ଗୁଚ୍ଛ |date=22 May 2023 |publisher=Odia Media Private Limited |isbn=978-93-95150-55-2 |edition=First |url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL47813761M/Odissi_Sangita_Baridhi_%E0%AC%93%E0%AD%9C%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%B6%E0%AD%80_%E0%AC%B8%E0%AC%99%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%97%E0%AD%80%E0%AC%A4_%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A7%E0%AC%BF |access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref> For his contributions to preserving the Bina, he has received the Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2008. [[File:Odissi Veena Guru Ramarao Patra.jpg|thumb|234x234px|Pt Ramarao Patro]]

== References == <references />{{Odissi Classical Music sidebar}}

== External links == *[http://www.odissigurukul.org/ Website of Guru Ramahari Das Odissi Gurukul]

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