# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/angaraag-mahanta
# Generated: 2026-09-02T21:18:52.654Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/angaraag-mahanta"
name: "Angaraag Mahanta"
slug: "angaraag-mahanta"
description: "Angaraag Mahanta, known by his stagename Papon, is an Indian playback singer and composer from Assam. Papon has sung in Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Odia, Tamil and Marathi. He is the lead vocalist and founder of the folk-fusion band Papon and The East India Company. He is the son of the noted Assamese singer Khagen Mahanta and Archana Mahanta."
tagline: "Singer and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Papon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1976-03-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           73.91
  momentum:             4.66092724407267
  historical:           11.49026266666667
  currentAttention:     20.19138755980862
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  105
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1490000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/paponmusic"
    handle:    "paponmusic"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/paponmusic/"
    handle:    "paponmusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/AngaraagPAPONMahanta"
    handle:    "AngaraagPAPONMahanta"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2299948/"
    handle:    "nm2299948"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.papon.in/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmQxwXJd5E3iI0vzYnHvJgA"
    handle:    "@paponmusic"
    followers: 1490000
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7f77bfe2-ce93-40ca-a72e-21de63ca5d26"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "انجاراج ماهانتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4"
    title: "অংগৰাগ মহন্ত"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8_(%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%95)"
    title: "পাপন (গায়ক)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papon_(singer)"
    title: "Papon (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angaraag_Mahanta"
    title: "Angaraag Mahanta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "पापोन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papon"
    title: "Papon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "पापोन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8_(%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95)"
    title: "पापोन (गायक)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%AA%E0%AD%8B%E0%AC%A8_(%E0%AC%97%E0%AC%BE%E0%AD%9F%E0%AC%95)"
    title: "ପାପୋନ (ଗାୟକ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A8_(%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%95)"
    title: "ਪਾਪੋਨ (ਗਾਇਕ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%9D%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%BD_%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A6%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9A"
    title: "ᱚᱝᱜᱚᱨᱟᱜᱽ ᱢᱚᱦᱚᱱᱛᱚ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A_(%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F)"
    title: "පාපොන් (ගායකයා)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4761956"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1272915"
    title: "Papon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump