Facts: - caption: guruji in 2007 - death date: 10 october 2010 - spouse: sulochana pradhan - children: sibashis pradhan sanjibani pradhan sudeshna pradhan sasmita pradhan - birth date: 10 july 1948 - awards: sangeet natak akademi award , padma shri , doctorate - name: guru gangadhar pradhan - image size: 200px - parents: muralidhara pradhan dutika pradhan - birth place: parikula , brahmagiri orissa - religion: hinduism - occupation: classical , festival organiser dancer , actor , mardal player , choreographer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gangadhar pradhan .
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gangadhar pradhan -lrb- 10 july 1948 -- 10 october 2010 -rrb- was an eminent odissi -lrb- orissi -rrb- exponent and teacher , who also founded the konark natya mandap in konark puri in 1986 and organised several dance festivals in the temple city during his lifetime .born on july 10 , 1948 in a village called parikula in eastern india 's orissa , he died in the state capital of bhubaneswar on october 11 , 2010 , and had several leading dancer-disciples besides top national and international honours to his credit .