Brijmohan Nath Mishra popularly known as Pandit Birju Maharaj (born February 4, 1938) is currently the leading exponent of the Lucknow Kalka-Bindadin gharana of Kathak dance in India. Even though dancing is his first love, he also has an excellent command over Hindustani classical music and is an accomplished vocalist as well he.

He has toured extensively across the globe, given thousands of performances and held hundreds of workshops for kathak students.

Birju Maharaj started teaching the dance form at the young age of thirteen

Birju Maharaj has won many accolades, including Padma Vibhushan in 1986, Sangeet Natak Akademi award and the Kalidas Samman. He also received honorary Doctorate degrees from the Banaras Hindu University(Varanasi) and the Khairagarh University.

He was the recipient of the Lata Mangeshkar Puraskaar in 2002.

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