She performs mystic songs both from tradition Baul repertoire and her own doha couplets. Thereafter, in 2001, she decided to devote full-time to Baul tradition, and started performing Baul music, also playing ektara and a duggi as accompanying musical instruments, and the tinkling chilambu nupur metallic anklets.
Prior to this they worked with the theatre company for five months during Seven Basic Needs exhibition and performances at Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany, In Thiruvananthapuram, she also met Abdul Salam, a Muslim fakirkalandar, who became her guru, with him she found her musical calling and who taught her about the spiritual meaning of the tradition. She learnt Grotowski technique used in theatre for him, and in 2000 travelled with him to Bread and Puppet Theater in Vermont, US to study with creator Peter Schumann, known for incorporating puppetry, live-art into theatre performances. Here she met Ravi Gopalan Nair, an Andi Pandaram – a traditional puppeteer from Kerala, who also makes glove puppets or Pava Kathakali. Though she started performing in 1995, in 1997 she came to Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, to learn about local spiritual and theatre traditions. In the remaining three years of his life, he taught her numerous songs, and intricacies of the Baul tradition. He was initially hesitant to take on a female disciple, thus tested her dedication for a few days, before taking her on. Goshai, who was 97-year-old at the time and lived in Khoirboni, a small village in the Bankura district. Finally, he allowed her to sing on her own and soon she was led to her next guru Shashanko Goshai Baul. For the next seven years, she travelled with her guru, providing vocal support during performances, learning Baul songs, Baul dance, and playing ektara and duggi, a small kettle-drum strapped to the waist. After 15 days, she received her diksha initiation from him, and he became her first guru. Deciding to learn from him, she visited his ashram in Sonamukhi in Bankura district. During this period, she watched a performance by Sanatan Das Baul, an 80-year-old Baul singer from the Bankura in West Bengal.
Soon, she started learning music from Phulmala and also visited several Baul ashrams, later Phulamala advised her to find another teacher. This was followed by meeting Phulmala Dashi, a woman Baul singer who frequented the campus. Though she received her early music training in Hindustani classical music, it was on a train to Santiniketan campus, that she first heard a blind Baul singer, performing the traditional music of mystic minstrels from Bengal. She received training as a visual artist at Kala Bhavan, an art school at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan. In her early years, she learnt Kathak, a classical dance, from Srilekha Mukherjee. She passed higher secondary examination from Suniti Academy, Cooch Behar. Due to her father's posting at various locations in the region, she grew up in Assam, Cooch Behar, and bordering areas of West Bengal. Her mother, a housewife, was a devotee of mystic saint Ramakrishna. Her father, an engineer with the Indian Railways, was keen on Indian classical music and often took his daughter to concerts. Her family was originally from East Bengal, and migrated to West Bengal after the partition of India. Parvathy Baul was born as Mousumi Parial, in a traditional BengaliBrahmin family in West Bengal. She is married to Ravi Gopalan Nair, a noted Pava Kathakali glove puppet artist, and is based in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, since 1997, where she also runs, 'Ektara Baul Sangeetha Kalari' a school for Baul music. New Baul Pala Gaan 2014 Behest Dujokh ( বেহেশত - দোজোখ ) By Shah Alom Sarkar & Abul Sarkar 6. New Baul Pala Gaan Guru Shisso By Roshid Sarkar & Shah Alom Sarkar 3. New Baul Pala Gaan Guru Shisso By Roshid Sarkar & Shah Alom Sarkar 2.
Presenting You The New (2020) Folk Song 'AMRA HOLAM MANUSH JATI MANUSH HOLAM NA' From The New Album 'Joydeb mela 'By Bengali Remix Music. Trained under Baul gurus, Sanatan Das Baul, Shashanko Goshai Baul in Bengal, she has been performing both in India and other countries since 1995. Parvathy Baul (born 1976) is a Baulfolk singer, musician and storyteller from Bengal and one of the leading Baul musicians in India. Parvati Baul at Ruhaniyat mystic music festival, at Purana Qila, Delhi, 2011
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