Simhadri Maharana (1916- 1989) was born in the village of Sanari sahi, Jeypore, Odisha. He went to Government School of Art and Crafts, Madras and did his specialisation in Painting. He had begun his career as a freelance artist at Jeypore. In 1945 he joined as a Principal Incharge at Shri Bikram Government School of Art and Crafts, Jeypore and died in 1989.