Folk Mantra is a LIVE band based out of Kolkata, West Bengal. They play experimental, folk, and fusion music. Formed in 2015, the band has also performed at various events and gigs, and has been very consistent and fruitful in delivering some of the most mesmerising LIVE shows to the music circuit. The band has released a single since its formation, namely, Pare Ke Jabi, which was very much appreciated by the entire Bengal music circuit. They draw their influences from artists like Fiddler's Green, Fakira, Papon and The East India Company, Indian Ocean, The Raghu Dixit Project, Lalon Band (Bangladesh), Baba Maal, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, and many more. Achievements: First Runner Up, RHAPSODY'15, Calcutta Medical College, 2015 Third Position, ECSTASY'15, NRS Medical College and Hospital, 2015 Performances: Folk Mantra Live @ St. Xavier's College (The Nautanki Nights- Xavotsav Edition'16 presented by The Nautanki Company & St. Xavier's College Students Council) Folk Mantra Live @ Xavullash'16 presented by Bengali Literary Society (St. Xaviers College, Kolkata) Folk Mantra Live @ "Live in Dignity" presented by Sir Bickram Ghosh and Siddha Community Foundation (LIVE in Series) Folk Mantra Live @ Live In Lakes (Judge's Ghat, Babughat) presented by Sir Bickram Ghosh and Siddha Community Foundation (LIVE in Series) Folk Mantra Live @ "Basanta Adda" (The Doodle Room) presented by "The Accidental Note" in association with "Calcutta Cacophony" Folk Mantra Live n' Loud @ HAJABARALAA'16, Baruipur Govt. Polytechnic College Folk Mantra Live @ Princeton Club for FLEA CIRCUS presented by Jamsteady and the Accidental Note Folk Mantra Live @ Bosepukur Young Circle Club Folk Mantra Live @ Inox,City Centre 1, Salt Lake (International Music Day, Kolkata 2016) Folk Mantra Live n' Unplugged @ Bong Belly (Lake Gardens) Folk Mantra Live @ MON TV (Music Box) with Kanishka Bose Folk Mantra Live @ Channel One (Obelay Adda) with RJ Nilanjan Mukherjee Folk Mantra Live @ Ahindra Manch (Chetla), The Hidden Doors Talents Folk Mantra Live n' Unplugged @ Shangri-La Folk Mantra Live @ Calcutta National Medical College (AGON'16)