[1] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2018, for his contributions to the art of weaving.
[4][5] His hand-woven textiles have tribal motifs that are geometrical, also drawn from nature - tortoises, crabs, birds flowers, animals, fish, pyramids.
The process involves soaking the yarn in oil, mixing with cow dung for disinfecting, washing in a running stream, boiling it 40 times for seasoning and roughening for a coarse feel.
Shades of red, maroon and dark brown can be obtained depending on the ageing of the madder and the way the dye is processed (under the sun, in clay pots).
[8] Gobardhan Panika has been featured in English Documentary Kotpad Weaving : The Story of a Race Against Time, directed by Biswanath Rath.