The three-day Lalon Festival, held to celebrate the 127th death anniversary of Baul legend Fakir Lalon Shah, will end on Thursday amid due fervour and fanfare. The festival, which is taking place at Lalon’s shrine in Chheunria, Kushtia, was inaugurated on Monday night by Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbul ul Alam Hanif. The event saw followers and admirers of Lalon gather and celebrate the spirituality that Lalon preached in his lifetime. Mohammad Ali Shah, the chief khadem of Lalon’s shrine, said Bauls came to cleanse themselves at the festival. Since then, Lalon Festival has been taken place on the bank of Kaliganga River, near his shrine, every year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 18, 2017 20:26 UTC