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Nabani Das Khyeppa Baul and Deben BattacharyaDeben Battacharya and Baul Saint Nabani Das Khyeppa Baul were great friends. Deben Bhattacharya wrote a great article in the London Times 'NABANI DAS KHYAPA BAUL A MILESTONE of BAUL of BENGAL' early 1940's, he also wrote a small book on Nabani Das Baul, which has some inaccuracies in it.. especially the death of Nabani Das Baul.. it is a very simple book.Baul Saint Nabani Das Khyeppa Baul was a renowned Baul of the "only" oldest living lineage of Baul. Today all Bauls sing his songs but do not even know who he is. It is sad to see Bauls making up stories of lineages, or making Baul about neo tantra and smoking ganja. Baul is ancient they were the original Hare Krishna singers and dancers in West Bengal India. Baul comes from the soul there is no acting. We are in the process of archiving all Nabani Das Baul songs and songs of the ancestors of this lineage to keep Baul in a context and to stop some of this nonsense of making up lineages and then behind the back singing songs from this lineage?? Baul songs are not folk songs, the term folk song became associated with Baul because the Bauls did not understand english and it was the easiest way to describe Baul to a foreigner or outsider, somone who is from outside the tradition. Now Bauls have learned english and people have a greater understanding of yoga, so it is not necesssary to describe them as folk singer, they are sadhaka's and spiritual singer of the highest of Indian Philosophies.When Nabani Das Baul introduced Baul to the world there was only "one" lineage, now everyday a new lineage is born with their new stories of new teachers and lineages, sometimes they will give their teachers name and it usually is not a Baul or it was someone who associated with this lineage and perhaps does not want to be associated anymore so they make up stories or even perhaps they want to create something new. Yet they are still singing the song of this lineage but with no acknowledgment of where they got the information from or who wrote the songs, everything has to come from somewhere, don't sing songs from this lineage then make up new lineage.... this is not in alignment with the soul. Bauls are soul singers, Bhakti Yogi's.