বাংলা 
English 
The immortal fakir Lalon lived at Cheuria, and after his death his tomb was built on the premises of the Cheuria Akhra. A detailed account of the life of Cheuria-based Lalon can be found in Lalan Sangeet, a book compiled by Fakir Anowar Hossain Montu Shah.
Where Lalon was, how he floated down the Kaliganga — the information available on these matters is not universally accepted. It is said that on the way back after bathing in the Ganges, Lalon was stricken gravely with smallpox. When the disease reached its peak and he fell unconscious, his companions, taking him for dead and fearing contagion, hastily performed his last rites and threw him into the river.
Where Lalon was actually born can still not be said with certainty. Some researchers on Lalon believe he was born in Bharara village under Chapra union of Kumarkhali thana in Kushtia. Many disagree with this view, saying that it is a matter of wonder that a youth of sixteen or seventeen of Bharara village, only a few kilometres from Cheuria, went missing, and yet during his long life none of his kinsfolk or acquaintances ever identified him.
An article published in the monthly Mohammadi periodical in the month of Ashar 1348 stated that Lalon was born in a Muslim family of Fulbari village in Jashore district. On the other hand, describing the birth of fakir Lalon in his book Bhab Sangeet, Khandakar Rafiuddin, son of Panju Shah, says there is no room for doubt that the birthplace of fakir Lalon Shah was Harishpur village under Harinakundu thana of Jashore district. Dr Anowarul Karim, a researcher on Lalon, held a remarkable view on Lalon's birthplace —
For twenty long years I have searched for information on the life of fakir Lalon.
But to this day I have not been able to reach any conclusion about his caste or birthplace.
Lalon's identity of birth is at bottom mysterious. Indeed Lalon himself showed no inclination to reveal his birth identity — this is evident in his own song —
Everyone asks what caste Lalon is of in this world.
Lalon says, what is the form of caste?
I have not seen it with these eyes.||
Indeed it is so — rising above questions of caste, Lalon identified himself simply as a human being.
