Deben Bhattacharya

Deben Bhattacharya (1921-2001) came from an old Bengali Brahmin family, settled in Benares for the last 130 years. He won international recognition as an expert on ethnic folk music, dance and poetry. From 1995 onwards, Deben produced documentary films, records, books, radio programmes and live concerts related to many aspects of his research. Here we present field recordings from various temples of the Sikh, Buddhist and Hindu religions, recorded on location between 1954 and 1973.