Puran Bhatt

Puran Bhaat
Puran Bhaat
	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 26 October 2004
Born	Rajasthan , India
Occupation	Puppeteer
Notable work	Tomorrow We Disappear
Awards	Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2003)

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

Bhaat was one of the primary subjects of the 2014 docudrama Tomorrow We Disappear , which revolves around the Kathputli Colony facing impending eviction in order to build high-rise housing on the outskirts of New Delhi.

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^ Daftuar, Swati (21 February 2014). "With strings attached" . The Hindu . Retrieved 18 January 2019 .
^ "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees" . Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015.

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Entry on PuppetIndia referencing Puran Bhatt [1]

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[1] Daftuar, Swati (21 February 2014). "With strings attached" . The Hindu . Retrieved 18 January 2019 .

[2] "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees" . Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015.

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