I took this photo in Purna Das Baul’s home in Dhakuria, Kolkata in 2019.

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I took this photo in Purna Das Baul’s home in Dhakuria, Kolkata in 2019. The date of the photograph of Purna Das with his mother on the wall is unknown; my guess is that it is from the later part of the 1960s.

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BarishalLocation is approximate — known to district level.

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BDMA-R-000393

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