Haripada Das  envisioned what would later become Tripura Puppet Theatre in the year 1974. The decision was motivated by a wish to intertwine social welfare messages for residents of remote villages with the entertainment that came from the theatrical arts, and in 1974, he chose Puppetry as his instrument, a skill he had taught himself in the year 1956. The  then-small group, funded by Haripada himself, was then called Tripura Amateur Puppet, and was a far cry from the fame and recognition it would later go on to achieve. Haripada Das would later be known for his masterful stage-lighting, skills in puppetry, and his vision for a matured Tripura Puppet Academy, a dream that was yet to be fulfilled before his untimely death in the year 1999.