Puran Bhatt

A portrait of Shri Puran Bhaat who was presented with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Puppetry - Rajasthan by the President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on October 26, 2004

Puran Bhaat is a puppeteer from India. Originally from Rajasthan, there group of puppeteer families settled in Delhi almost fifty years ago. They currently reside in the Kathputli Colony at Delhi. [1]

He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Daftuar, Swati. "With strings attached". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
  2. ↑ "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees". Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30.
  • Entry on PuppetIndia referencing Puran Bhatt


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