1985 San Francisco, California
Padma Shri Baul Samrat "Purna Chanddra Das Baul" can be seen with his brother Laxshman Das Baul on the cover of Bob Dylans album "John Westley Harding" as this was their first trip to USA in 1967. He is absolutely not a shilpi Baul as called by some fake Bauls who are competing against Purna Das Baul, they would not know anything about Baul without Nabani Das Khyapa Baul, Purna Das Baul or KD Babu Kishan. The truth will be told and exposed, indigenous fraud is a real concern.
The world traveling began in the 1950s when Purna Das Baul went to Russia. In the 1970s Krishnendu Das Baul aka Babu Kishan created the template of modern Baul traveling outside of India.
This is a very long story, however, they are the first and last of the indigenous authentic Bauls to travel the world. Random wandering self-titled Bauls followed whatever Purna Das Baul did, singing his songs, using their style, dress copying everything this one and only parampara did and who they met with.
You can call it 'replacing us by remaking us" or riding on the coattails of this singular Baul lineage. What Babu Kishan calls hawker Bauls are now self-titling themselves as 'Baul Masters' and 'Baul Artists' watering down, dumbing down and reducing Baul, of course their never have been Baul masters, or Baul Artists since the beginning of indigenous Baul. There is only Baul Guru and there are zero none today in India, just cheaters looking to collect awards, donations and a finacial jackpot telling people they are going to preserve Baul, when Baul has been preserved by KD Babu Kishan over the past 60 years. Yet, no mention of his name, new book coming which will talk about who is fake and who is real and how Baul got to this point.
http://www.blacklistedjournalist.com/column95e.html
A little bit of Baul history as told by Al Aronowitz who was the father of Rock Journalism in New York City.
1985 "Purna and his family arrived in the States this trip on September 23 to tour with world-renown sitarists Ravi Shankar and Aly Akbar Khan in an Indian music festival that'd camped in L.A., San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Chicago and New York. It was Allen Ginsberg who'd reminded Purna to look me up when he got to New York. The first time Purna phones me, he stands me up. That's OK. The language barrier. Finally we zero in on each other. First Babu scouts me and then they pick me up and take me to the gig."
Babukishan aka Krishnendu Das Baul, his father Purna Das Baul, and mother Manju Das Baul did many, many world tours with the best of the East and the West. They were a magic trio and super talented musicians. Purna Das Baul was the first Indian voclaist to travel worldwide outside of India.
They are all highly regarded, multi award winning. Babukishan for his musical compositions in Bengal, and the Indian Cinema, Purna Das Baul the best Baul singer ever, and Manju as a vocalist and Harmonium player.
The below are only exclusive to this one and only singular Baul Parampara or lineage, all the terms and associations, for too long Baul has been mis-appropriated by inauthentic opportunistic fake Bauls and written about with false narratives by the Colonial Academic scholarly institutions.
Key Baul Figures & Lineage
#NabaniDasKhyapaBaul #PurnaDasBaul #BabuKishan #KrishnenduDasBaul #lineagebaul #baullineage #NabaniDasBaul #dasbaul #NityanandaofEkachakra #ChandiDas #Joydev #GosaiVaishnavaDasBaul ##NeemKaroliBaba #baulparampara
Core Baul Concepts & Philosophy
#Baultantra #GaudiyaVaishnavaandBaul #Baulphilosophy #VaishnavaSahajiya #VaishnavaSahajiyaTantricBauls #KrishnaKaliunity #Krishnakali #RaaiRajaLila #Baulsadhana #BaulAvadhut #BaulAvadhuta #BaulthepathoftheAvadhuta #BaulsahajaKrishnaDattatreyasahahaja #Baultantramantragopiyantra #BaulKirtan #BaultheRasaLilaMystics #BaulVayuTula #Baulwindcatchers #mirrorofthesky
Geographic & Cultural Context
#BirbhumBaul #Birbhum #EkachakraBirbhum #Tarapith #TarapithandBaul #TaraMa&Baul #Kolkata #Shantiniketan #shantiniketanbirbum #Bengal #baulofbengal #baulofbirbhum #India #IncredibleIndia #indianmusic #sangeetnatakakademi
Critique & Preservation
#Baultruth #Baulculturalappropriation #Baulrealhistory #EndangeredBaullineage #Baulendangeredlineageparampara #Baulhistory #baularchive #archivedbaul
Baul Music
#baulmusic #baulgaan #Bauldocumentary #baulsangeet #baulkirtan #ektara #gopiyantra
Related Figures & Movements
#RabindranathTagore #BaulTagore #osho #VaishnavaBaul #TantricBaul #vaishnavaaghori #Ramakrishna #BaulandRamakrishna
General & Other
#baul #historicalBaul #pioneeringBaul #baulwomen #baulsaint #legendarybaul #baulartist #BaulGuruShishyaParampara #Baulparampara
"Authentic Baul" #AuthenticBaul
"Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls" #VaishnavaSahajiyaTantricBauls
"Birbhum Baul" #BirbhumBaul
"Nabani Das Khyapa Baul" #NabaniDasKhyapaBaul
"Babu Kishan Baul" / "Krishnendu Das Baul" #KrishnenduDasBaul
"Baul Guru Shishya Parampara" #BaulGuruShishyaParampara #Baulparampara
"Baul philosophy" #Baulphilosophy
"Krishna Kali unity" #Krishnakali
"Raai Raja lila" #RaaiRajaLila
"Real Baul history" #Baulrealhistory
"Baul cultural appropriation" #baulculturalappropriation
"Endangered Baul lineage" #Baulendangeredlineageparampara
#BaulandRamakrishna
Baul and Ramakrishna is only associated with KD Babu Kishan as he is the only Baul to be a monk in the Ramakrishna Mission for 12 years, this is a first and last in Baul.
#Baul&Tantra
Baul and Tantra is only associated with Nabani Das Khyapa Baul and KD Babu Kishan, Baul and Tarapith is only associated with them both too. Those others are not Baul as Baul Artist of an non-indigenous Baul is not a Baul but a users, poser, actor trying to remake the already lived lives of this parampara, do you speak the language, do you know what they are singing or who is the owner of the songs, or even if the songs are Baul songs, no you do not, so don't make emotional promotional comments when you do not even understand. You are cheering for a fake Baul and have no clue.
The practice of "Baul Kirtan-anga" Copyright, all songs will be reclaimed that belong to this lineages.
#BaulKirtan
(only this lineage, parampara, no one used Baul kirtan until they read it on this blog, this is downright appropriation and false advertising by fake opportunistic self-titled so-called Bauls for marketing purposes, they have appropriated this lineages intellectual property, it can be proven and must be brought to the attention of the public because they are asking for donations and fundraising for jackpots, awards, grants and are not Baul, their Guru is a fake Baul Guru.
The "Rasa Lila Mystics" this is the only lineage parampara that is Vaishnava and Vaishnava Sahajiya Gosia Chandra Das Baul and Dasi, there is not another, never was. #BaultheRasaLilaMystics
"Baul Tantra Mantra Gopi Yantra". Copyright, no poaching
#Baultantramantragopiyantra
"The path of the Avadhuta". Copyright there are no other Baul Avadhuta's and that title only belongs to this lineage or singular parampara, there is not another. They make Baul a no name generic Baul while claiming the intellectual property and the already lived firsts and lasts of this lineage. I have documented thousands of misuse of Baul for over 20 years, if you would like to see my research contact KD Babu Kishan, his website is listed throughout this blog and website
#BaulthepathoftheAvadhuta
"Baul Sahaja is Krishna & Dattatreya Sahaja". Copyright and only mentioned by KD Babu Kishan
#BaulsahajaKrishnaDattatreyasahahaja
The Windcatchers (Vayu Tula). #BaulVayuTula. #baulwindcatchers
#India #lineagebaul #baultantra #baullineage #baulofbengal #babukishan #baulwomen #baulavadhuta #baulsaint #legendarybaul #nabanidasbaul #mirrorofthesky #rabindranathtagor #osho #vaishnavabaul #vaishnavaaghori #baul #baulmusic #tantra #babukishan #baulgaan #nabanidasbaul #purnadasbaul #bengal #india #indianmusic #shantiniketan #baullineage #bengalibaul #baularchive #archivedbaulbn#Baulhistory #BaulofBengal #BaulofBirbhum #dasbaul #Kolkata #Bauldocumentary #baulkirtan #Baulsadhana #ektara #EkachakraBirbhum #gopiyantra #baultantra #NabonidasKhyapabaul #bauldocumentary #baulsangeet #RabindranathTagore #BaulTagore #shantiniketanbirbum #jainitai #jaiguru #NityanandaofEkachakra #BaulAvadhut #Birbhum #Tarapith #Kolkata #IncredibleIndia #India #VaishnavaBaul #TantricBaul #sangeetnatakakademi
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"Authentic Baul" #AuthenticBaul
"Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls" #VaishnavaSahajiyaTantricBauls
"Birbhum Baul" #BirbhumBaul
"Nabani Das Khyapa Baul" #NabaniDasKhyapaBaul
"Babu Kishan Baul" / "Krishnendu Das Baul" #KrishnenduDasBaul
"Baul Guru Shishya Parampara" #BaulGuruShishyaParampara #Baulparampara
"Baul philosophy" #Baulphilosophy
"Krishna Kali unity" #Krishnakali
"Raai Raja lila" #RaaiRajaLila
"Real Baul history" #Baulrealhistory
"Baul cultural appropriation" #baulculturalappropriation
"Endangered Baul lineage" #Baulendangeredlineageparampara
#BaulandRamakrishna
#Baul&Tantra
The Windcatchers (Vayu Tula). #BaulVayuTula. #baulwindcatchers
#India
Jai Sri Krishna! To the Lineage Bauls Krishna and Radha are very important as they live in their hearts. This is the lineage of Nityananda of Ekachakra Birbhum Bengal, where Nabani Das Khyapa Baul was born and so was Purna Das Baul. They are ancestors of Nitai who was a Baul Avadhut. This is the only Vaishnava Tantric Baul Lineage from Ekachakra Birbhum.
