Angaraag Mahanta (অংগৰাগ মহন্ত) was born to the Assamese folk singer couple Khagen Mahanta and Archana Mahanta. He spent most of his childhood in Assam and he was introduced to music early on in his childhood.
Angaraag Mahanta known by his nickname Papon (পাপন) is an Indian singer, composer and record producer from Assam. Papon’s initial training was in Indian Classical, devotional (Borgeet) and folk music. He learnt vocals primarily but also plays the khol, tabla, guitar, and harmonium. His music covers genres such as ambient electronic, acoustic folk and new age Indian classical music and it has been identified as having traces of pentatonic Mongoloid notes, local river song influences and ghazals. Although his first language is Assamese he has also sung in Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Marathi, Mishing and Bengali.
papon da aponr lgt moi abr gaan gaba mn asa…aponar gaan xoni moi bht vl pau akl aponar gannka xoni thaku..mr aponar nisina singer hba xob mn asa..kintu ghra ra para xobidha pwa ni…mana poisa ni. khi ba ba ha aji moi gann gaba khubidha pwa ni vabisu aponi alp mk hlp karila kijani aponar nisina adin hm