Parvathy Baul is a practitioner, performer and teacher of the Baul tradition from Bengal, India. She is also an instrumentalist, storyteller and painter.

She has performed in over forty countries, including such prestigious concert halls and music festivals as the Noh Theater in Kyoto, the World Music Center in New York City, Melbourne Arts Center and the Festival of World Sacred Music in Fez, Morocco.

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The depth of her mesmerising performance is rooted in her deep spiritual practice. Indeed, Parvathy Baul’s performance work emerges from a long lineage of master Baul singers, dancers, and spiritual teachers.

She studied closely with two of the most respected Baul singer-gurus of the previous generation, Sri Sanatan Das Thakur Baul and Sri Shashanko Goshai.

She was recognized by her gurus as both a musical and spiritual teacher in the Baul tradition, carrying forward their spiritual legacy. She is a tireless advocate for both preservation and renewal of the Baul tradition.

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Whatever form her artistic expression takes, it always has been inspired by Parvathy Baul’s inner practice, experience, and the knowledge she has received from her gurus. Fruit of the sadhana, all the works of art have been born in the process of meditation and contemplation.

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The forms - be it in the body movement, music, or visual arts - are profoundly spiritual in their nature and constitution and are, for the artist herself, an act of prayer.