'Recognise Harishpur as Lalon's birthplace'
Locals join a human chain organised by Lalon Academy at Doel Chattar in Harinakunda upazila of Jhenidah district yesterday demanding recognition of Harishpur village in Harinakunda upazila as what they claimed birthplace of mystic bard Lalon Shah.Photo: STAR
Hundreds of people joined a human chain at Doel Chattar in Harinakundo upazila yesterday demanding recognition of Harishpur village under Harinakundo upazila in Jhenidah as the birthplace of Lalon Shah, the great Bengali mystic bard. People from all walks of life including baul devotees and local elites attended the human chain organised by Harinakundo Lalon academy. The human chain followed a meeting where Lalon researcher Abu Sayeed, an associate professor of Lalon Shah College, said that Lalon was born in Harishpur under Harinakundo upazila although many people claim that he was born in Bharara village in Kushtia. According to an 1896 description of Lalon's close devotee Duddu Shah, an archaeologist, historian and a member of Asiatic Society Moulavi Abdul Wali mentioned in an essay that Lalon was a disciple of Seraj Shah and both were born in Harishpur village under Harinakundo upazila, said Prof Abu Sayeed. Duddu Shah mentioned October 14, 1772 (1st of Bangla month Kartik, 1179) as Lalon's date of birth, he said. Lalon's father was Daribullah and mother Amina Khatun while his grandfather's name was Golam Kader. However, there are differences of opinion among scholars and researchers about birthplace of the baul mystic.
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