caption resting_place native_name_lang death_date death_place birth_place title resting_place_coordinates ethnicity honorific_suffix native_name birth_date known_for spouse image article_title education name
lalon by jyotirindranath tagore in 1889 . 's only portrait , sketched during his lifetime cheuriya , kushtia , bangladesh bengali 17 october 1890 cheuriya -lrb- now in bangladesh -rrb- , kushtia , bengal presidency , british india bengal presidency , british india mahatma/fakir 23 : landmark inline 53 44 n 89 09 07 e type bengali sain/sai سای -rrb- , shah সাঁই , শাহ -lrb- from persian লালন c. 1774 baul music bishōkha fakir lalon shah.jpg lalon
 no formal education lalon
lalon

lalon , also known as lalon sain , lalon shah , lalon fakir or mahatma lalon -lrb- c. 1774 -- 17 october 1890 -rrb- , was a bengali baul saint , mystic , songwriter , social reformer and thinker .
in bengali culture , he is considered as an icon of religious tolerance whose songs inspired and influenced many poets , social and religious thinkers including rabindranath tagore , kazi nazrul islam , and allen ginsberg though he `` rejected all distinctions of caste and creed '' .
he was both praised and criticized in his lifetime and after his death .
throughout the life , lalon sang of a society where all religions and beliefs are in harmony .
his disciples mostly live in bangladesh and west bengal .
he founded the institute known as lalon akhrah in cheuriya , about 2 kilometers from kushtia railway station .
he is also regarded as the founder of the baul music and sometimes called `` baul shamrat '' -lrb- the king of bauls -rrb- .
