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[[File:A portrait of Shri Puran Bhaat who will be presented with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Puppetry - Rajasthan by the President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on October 26, 2004.jpg|thumb|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]]
'''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.<ref>{{cite news | title = With strings attached|date=21 February 2014|newspaper= The Hindu | url = https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/with-strings-attached/article5713395.ece | accessdate = 18 January 2019 | first = Swati | last = Daftuar }}</ref>

He was awarded the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 2003, given by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees|publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Official website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm|archivedate=2015-05-30}}</ref>

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.

==See also==
* [[Kathputli (Puppet)]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* Entry on PuppetIndia referencing Puran Bhatt [http://www.puppetindia.com/contribute3.htm]

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[[Category:Rajasthani people]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
[[Category:Indian puppeteers]]
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