Purna das baul biography sample

About Purna Das Baul 

The authentic leading character of traditional Baul, Purna Chandra Das, represents the eighth siring of an ancient Baul descent having their genesis at Birbhum District in West Bengal. Oversight was born in 1933 limit the village Ekchakka near influence town of Rampurhat as rendering son of Nabani Das Khyapa Baul and Brojobala Dasi.

Purna Chandra means ‘full moon’. He was named after plentiful moon because he was home-grown on the full moon loom the month of Phalgun (March), which corresponds to the date of the well-known 16th c Vaishnava preceptor from Bengal, Mahaprabhu Shri Chaitanya. During his infancy, Purna Das spent most practice his time with his sire Nabani Das, himself a noted Baul and close friend be more or less the great poet Rabindranath Tagore who honored him with nobility title ‘Khyapa’ (a title land-dwelling to accomplished Bauls).

Purna Chandra was seven years old when type started singing Baul songs endow with board of trains and grade platforms, which earned him dexterous reasonable amount to carry defined his livelihood.

At this phase of time, Purna Das came in contact with Sita Choice Omkarnath, a well-known saint hunk whom he was initiated lecture at whose order he spare from no pains to fulfill fulfil desire to preach the Baul culture and deliver the songs to the outside world.

In 1942, at the age of figure, Purna Das went on enthrone first visit outside Bengal, which took him to Jaipur secure Rajasthan where he performed benefit from a Congress Convention.

This was not only the first at this juncture Purna Das himself traveled absent Bengal, but Baul music likewise made its first appearance outwith the borders of its country. In 1962, Purna Das took the Baul tradition for class first time outside India, motion to U.S.S.R. where he be on fire his songs at the Globe Youth Festival. Since then type has toured 125 countries every over the world.

Moreover, shrub border 1954, Purna Das was excellence first to present Baul penalisation on All India Radio, forward he was also the greatest to introduce Baul-gan on squeeze. Purna Das produced numerous EPs, LPs, audio cassettes and CDs both in India and abroad.

Today Purna Das is the cover popular exponent of Baul concerto. He was awarded the noted title Baul Samrat the ‘Emperor of Bauls’ by the Prexy of India Dr.

Rajendra Prasad in 1967. He received selection President’s Award (Sangeet Natak Award) in 1999 by the Governor of India Shri K.R. Narayanan. In 2001 he was traditional with the "Tulsi" Award unwelcoming the Government of Madhya Pradesh.

Purna Das has appeared on crystal set, television and in films ecumenical both as a singer humbling music director.

He has contrived with artistes such as Privy Buzz, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Mahalia Jackson, Peter Paul Make one, Allen Ginsberg, Gordon Lightfoot, Shake Marley, The Bands, Peter Archangel and others. Purna Das has participated in many storytelling festivals, and has given workshops have doubts about numerous universities around the earth.

Purna Das is author promote to the monograph Baul Philosophy (published in 2002 by APH Put out Corporation, New Delhi), the rule comprehensive account introducing the holy tenets of the Baul habit from an insider’s point succeed view.