Narayan Adhikary

Narayan Adhikary was an internationally famous Baul singer. He performed across 19 countries including France, Switzerland, Italy, England, Belgium and Japan. He took an important role to spread Baul music among youth. He roamed around the world with his huge collection of songs. Narayan Adhikary was born in a village of Bangladesh, today’s East Pakistan. A dotara, gifted by his Guru, was his only belonging when he came to Bengal at the age of 10.

Since childhood Narayan Adhikary was guided by different Gurus. His primary musical education was under his father Surdas Adhikary. Later on he took lessons from Biswanath Das, Haradahan Das, Sanatan Das and Brindaban Das Adhikary. He was a casket of songs of Lalon, Yadbindyu, Kubir Gonsai, Duddu Shah and Panju Shah. With his excellent voice and collection of songs he became a Guru. He had disciples in both the Bengals. Bakul Pal was his last student whom he taught Dotara with care and dedication. She is now an established artist.He became a symbol of assimilation through his lifestyle and music.

He resided in a village near Panagarh. In 2018 on 3rd January at the age of 84 he passed away.

To listen to his songs on your phone download the app Folks of Bengal from Google Playstore

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