Mohapatra
Mahapatra or Mohapatra or Mahapatro is originally a Hindu family surname belonging to the Indian states of Odisha. This surname can be found among the Utkala Brahmins
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f Odia Mahapatro or Mahapatra Brahmins are confused with The Kattaha Brahmins (also known as Maha Brahmins or Mahapatra) outside Odisha. While Kattaha Mahapatra Brahmins engage in Funeral Activities, Odia Mahapatro/ Mahapatra Brahmins are authorised to conduct Yagna and other Vedic rituals.They perform karm Kand i.e., brotopanoyan, marriage, shraddh ceremony, gruha and mandir pratishtha and receive daan or dakshina.
Notable people
- Shantanu Mohapatra (1936-2020), Indian musician, singer and composer
- Jayanta Mahapatra (born 1928), Indian Writer, Poet
- Siddhanta Mahapatra (born 1966), Indian Actor
- Sitakant Mahapatra (born 1937), Indian Poet
- Jadumani Mahapatra (1781–1868), Court Poet, humourist and satirist
- Kelucharan Mohapatra (1926–2004), Indian dancer
- Manmohan Mahapatra (1951–2020), Oriya filmmaker, director, producer, and writer
- Pyarimohan Mohapatra (1940–2017), Indian bureaucrat, politician
- Souvik Mahapatra, Indian engineer
- Sona Mohapatra (born 1976), Indian singer
- Nirad N. Mohapatra (1947–2015), film director
- Nityananda Mohapatra (1912–2012), Indian writer
- Ramesh Prasad Mohapatra (1939–1989), Indian historian and archaeologist
- Rabindra Mohapatra (born 1944), Indian theoretical physicist
- Raghunath Mohapatra (1943–2021), Member of Parliament
- Bibhu Mohapatra (born 1972), Indian fashion designer
- Bijoy Mohapatra (born 1950), Indian politician
- sona mohapatra (1976), indian singer
- Bhagirathi Mahapatra, Indian politician