(Video) Lalan Fakir Part 10

The  famous devotee Lalan Fakir lived in a place named ,Seoria, one mile off from Kushtia Railway Station near Shilaidaha. Many people of Bangladesh living in the east , Chittagong, in the north Rangpur, in the south Jes sore and in the west up to a long distance were his followers.It was heard that he had more than  10,000 followers in Bengal. He usually roamed about many places and went on singing his own songs.He met Jyotirindranath in 5 May, 1889 at his boat in Shilaidaha.This was known from a sketch drawn by him in his drawing book which was inscribed as Lalan Fakir.This was the only picture drawn by a person who had seen him. After some time the famous artist Nandalal Basu had drawn a picture from that sketch. But he did not forget pointing his sharp nose and wide forehead.This picture of Lalan was welknown and was seen in many books. It was not known that he personally met Rabindranath. He died on 17 Oct 1890. Rabindranath was acquainted with the personal life , his religious views, and songs. In a students assembly held in Bangiya Sahity Parishad on 21 Aug 1909, he said that it was his utmost curiosity to collect different new promoter's  religious thoughts which he came across while moving through different villages. Lalan Fakir was one such name. After few years he published 20 songs of lalan in 'Pravasi' magazine in 1322 Bangabda. At the instruction of Rabindranath 298 songs of Lalan was copied and kept in Rabindravaban.