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Dol purnima festival
Today is the last day of the Dol Purnima festival held in Lalon's memory. This year devotees of Lalon have come from every district of the country; many have also come from outside Bangladesh, crowding his dham.
He is being remembered through sadhu-sangha and Lalon songs. On this Dol Purnima his songs are sung and their meanings exchanged. The singing of Lalon's songs and his teachings begins at midnight - a scene beyond compare.
When the full-moon rises overhead and, elsewhere, Lalon's maddening songs ring out, a beautiful ambience is created. On this night Lalon's teachings are heard once more, for the grace of humankind.
None of his words should ever be cast aside. Every word of his carries a deep essence, if only someone can grasp it.
His teachings belittled no religion; rather, his words find accord with the words of every faith. All religions speak for peace, and Lalon did just that, speaking of the welfare of mankind.
Why is a Lalon memorial festival held on Dol Purnima?
In Nizamuddin's view, perhaps because Lalon was born on the date of Dol Purnima itself, all through his life he would spend the night of the Dol Purnima of the month of Falgun in an open field with his disciples, singing and making music till dawn. In that tradition the Lalon Academy still organises, every year on the night of Falgun's Dol Purnima, a three-day Lalon Smaran Utsab.
While Lalon was alive, he regularly sang through the whole night on the Falgun full moon with his disciples. So since his departure this event has been held every year on Falgun's Dol Purnima. And it is organised by the Lalon Academy, run by the government.
To those who could not come to this year's festival, an invitation stands for the coming Dol Purnima.
