birth_place influences nationality name birth_date period article_title birth_name occupation
bhubaneswar , orissa , india kelucharan mohapatra , gangadhar pradhan odia , indian nandita behera 29 august 1957 20th century , 21st century nandita behera
 nandita pattnaik odissi dancer and teacher
nandita behera

nandita behera -lrb- née pattnaik -rrb- is an odissi dance instructor and founder of odissi dance circle in cerritos , california .
a student of guru kelucharan mohapatra and guru gangadhar pradhan , nandita behera has been teaching odissi in california for the past twenty years .
she was awarded sringaramanai by sur singar samsad bombay and is also a recipient of the national scholarship for dance in india .
