[3][failed verification] In 640, the Raja of Tripura Dharma Fa planned a ceremony and invited five Brahmans from Etawah, Mithila and Kannauj.

In 1612, after Khwaja Usman's successful battle against the last Ita Raja, Subid Narayan, the royal family fled to nearby kingdoms in the Sylhet region.

After the defeat of the Jagannathpur Kingdom by the Baniyachong Raja Habib Khan, the Dutta family decided to stay away from politics in order to protect themselves.

[citation needed] The early death of his father led Dutta to seek the discipleship and initiation of religious mentors like Raghunath Goswami.

[1][failed verification] Dutta's Vaishnavism (worship of Krishna) shaped his musical work and led him to a life of asceticism; he lived for some time in a house that amounted to little more than a seven-square-foot of mud-hut.

Dutta was also heavily influenced by the Sufism that infuses Baul culture, and was in touch with contemporary Bengali Muslim poet Hason Raja.