Puran Bhatt

{{Short description|Indian puppeteer}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Puran Bhaat

| image = 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

| caption = 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

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| birth_place = Rajasthan, India

| occupation = Puppeteer

| awards = Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2003)

| notable_works = Tomorrow We Disappear

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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.{{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 }}

He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.{{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}}

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.