Woodcut by Parvathy Baul from "Song of the Great Soul"

BioPhotographer:Ravi Gopalan Nair (C) 2007

Parvathy Baul is a singer, painter and storyteller from West Bengal. After receiving her initial music and dance training during her childhood, she studied visual arts at the Kala Bhavan at Shantiniketan, the university founded by Rabindranath Tagore.

Her meeting with the living tradition of Baul prompted her to choose the path of self-training in the Baul order rather than an institutional degree.

"Kerala and Bengal have for long shared many commonalities. Now, an artiste couple from the two states adds a new dimension to it" ...

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