A passionate singer with a powerful voice and a characteristic sense of wit , the blind Madan ‘Kana` of Phuldanga, Karimpur, Nadia is a respected veteran among the baul-fakirs of Nadia-Murshidabad and a frequent and much sought-after presence in the sadhushongos and melas of this belt. An ashramic baul practitioner with a family, he is also, significantly, a devotee of Kali/Shakti who holds a winter Kali Puja in the Vaishnav tradition in his house every year.