Papia Das Baul

Papia Das Baul is an Indian Baul singer, lyricist, poet, actor and fine artist simultaneously based in London, Prague & Kolkata. Papia is blessed with an exotic and raw voice which is the voice of the soil. The particular unique voice connects to the the soul of her followers, be it in the West, or in the East. She has passionately spent more than thirty years of her life with the bauls and the fakirs of rural Bengal and acuired her spiritual and musical name Papia Das Baul from her diksha guru (music & spiritual guide), the living baul legend, Pandit Purna Das Baul Samrat, as well as shiksha guru, Sadhon Bairagi. She believes the combination of painting and music to her daily life gives her the sense of freedom and ecstasy. Papia has many disciples all over the world who has joined her to practice sadhana, the body philosophy & the tantric practice of the Baul minstrels. Papia sings & dances with her baul instruments Ektara, Dotara, Ananda Lohori, Dubki & Ghungoor. She also has a music and art akhara/atelier in the conjugation point of the holy Keltic forests, Vltava river and the hills in Prague, Bohemia, UK, as well as in Kolkata, India.

Papia Ghoshal's music and spiritual name is Papia Das Baul, after taking initiation by her music guru the legendary Pandit Purna Das Baul. Papia Das Baul has performed in various festivals and important stages in Europe and in India. (To mention a few) • Folklorum Fest in Germany • Women in Music • Art Festival London • World Yoga Day Festival in Prague • Ayurveda Festival Prague • Refu Fest • Telc Fest & Camp • Cajomir Fest Vysehrad in the Czech Republic • Chemnitz • Stadfest Germany, National Museum Prague • Brandenburg Museum Germany • Museums in Plzn & Camp Bohemia • Techno museum Ostrava • Indian Embassy • Tagore Cultural Centre Berlin • Club Lucerna Prague • Baul Fakir Fest in Shaktigarh Kolkata • Lalon Mela in various festivals in Bengal, Rabindra Sadan • Gothe Institutes & Camp • Sanskriti Bhavan in Kerala camp Chennai • Lucknow Literature Festival, Kolkatainternational literary festival 2019 and many other important museums camp stages in Europe • Play the song Pindare Palasher Bon (Tin Pagole, Raga music)

Papia achieved various prestigious International and National awards for her contribution to Art and Culture such as:

among many more International and National awards…