Lalon Shah is the father of folk music in Bengali and the Emperor of the Baul empire. He was not only a singer and poet but also a great thinker and philosopher. He had knowledge of all religions and people did follow him for his diverse knowledge.
Nobody knows from where Lalon Shah came from. According to locals, in 1774 an honorable Muslim man of locality named Molom Shah found Lalon floating over a river. Lalon was very sick and was almost going to die. But Molom Shah took very well care and gradually Lalon recovered from his illness.
After getting a new life, Lalon became a follower of a great thinker and singer Shiraj Shah. But Shiraj Shah found something strange inside Lalon and he became the follower of Lalon Lalon Academy-Museum and The Shrine of Lalon Fakir is two adjacent building. The collection of this Museum is not so rich.
Lalon Academy The place where the tomb is situated is very nice. It has been developed now with a VIP Auditorium, an indoor and an outdoor Auditorium, a complex building of Lalon Academy, a car parking area, a market and a museum. There is also a beautiful garden inside the area.
If a traveler wants to see the tomb, then it's free of cost, but, if someone wants to see the museum then tourists will have to pay 5 taka for the Bangladeshi and 20 taka for foreigners as the entry fee. In the gallery of this Museum, the traveler can discover some utensil being used by Lalon Shah. There are also some paintings of Lalon Shah inside the museum.
The Shrine of Lalon Fakir and the museum & academy complex is 2 km away from Kushtia railway station. You need to take a bus or CNG auto rickshaw and head there from the rail station.
You can travel to Kushtia from Dhaka by bus. Some of the bus services are SB Super Deluxe and Shyamoli Paribahan.
There are some hotels in the district where you may consider staying in. Some of them are Azmiree hotel, Desha Guest house, Hotel Al-Amin and, Hotel Gold Star.
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