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Lalon Shah 🇧🇩

লালন শাহ (Known as "Fakir Lalon")
Mystic Baul Saint, Philosopher, Songwriter, Spiritual Architect of Baul Tradition
Born c. 1774 🇧🇩 Harishpur / Bharara, Historical Bengal
Passed Away 1890-10-17 Chheuriya, Kushtia, Bangladesh
Lifespan 116 years old
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"Everyone asks what caste is Lalon? Lalon says, I have never seen what caste looks like with my eyes."

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Spiritual saint, mystic philosopher, and supreme songwriter of the Baul tradition whose songs rejected religious sectarianism, caste, and dogma in favor of the 'Moner Manush' (The Person of the Heart).

Biographical Record

Fakir Lalon Shah was born circa 1774 in Bengal. Stricken with smallpox during a pilgrimage as a youth and abandoned on the banks of the Kaliganga River, he was rescued and nursed by a Muslim weaver family, an experience that led him to transcend all orthodox boundaries of caste, creed, and organized religion.

Establishing his ashram (akhra) at Chheuriya in Kushtia, Lalon composed over 1,000 mystical songs accompanied by the ektara. His songs, celebrating universal human brotherhood and the divine dwelling within the human body, profoundly influenced Rabindranath Tagore, Allen Ginsberg, and global mystic literature. UNESCO recognized the Baul songs of Lalon as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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Final Resting Place

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Lalon Akhra Mausoleum Complex
Chheuriya, Kushtia, Bangladesh
GPS: 23.9030, 89.1550
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