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Sadhu Humayun Fakir
Sadhu Humayun Fakir

Humayun Kabir (born 3 May 1958; died 26 March 2017) — Humayun Kabir, alias Fakir Humayun Sadhu, was born in Uttar Mirzanagar Khanabari village under Raipura thana of Narsingdi district. At his birthplace he founded an Akhra Bari in his own name. There, with the devotees of Lalon, the sadhu-sangha gatherings were held. He was called the master of blowing the singa; he would blow it continuously for 8 minutes (some say 25 minutes!).

Humayun Sadhu was a true liberation-war hero. The importance of his contribution to the Liberation War is immense. He was a follower of Lalon and a sage of unbroken breath. Among Lalon's followers he was the only one who blew the singa.

The poet Kajal Shahnewaj wrote of Humayun Sadhu: “In 1998, in my small two-room home in Lalmatia, I respectfully invited a group of Lalon sadhus. The rented house had no space of Tagore's Kuthi Bari, but the sadhus came with real warmth. Aklima was there, Robiul was there, Tuntun Baul was there, and Humayun Sadhu! Humayun bhai was then in his dark phase! On a tall dark body, dark clothes, a dark beard, dark bristling hair. Taller than the average Baul, eyes sharp as a snake's — intense! Only the smile was natural. He said, ‘We don't eat fish or meat. But an egg will do!’”

Among Lalon's followers I saw Humayun Sadhu as someone of a different kind! All his life he remained solitary and unmarried, whereas this very path is the path of yogic practice! In many sadhus we can sense a weakness for women. But he was different — I never saw or heard of him being weak towards a woman.

Humayun Sadhu looked with a deep gaze. What he saw, some surely know. But it seemed to me that he carried a message for many people. He knew of the many kinds of urban psychosis as well; for them he would give some ancient prescriptions.

In his youth he worked as a border guard (BDR). He would stay awake night after night then, doing others' duty for them. He had a hard, yet very soft heart — much like the poet Kazi Nazrul.

Not far from the Uttar Mirzanagar, Raipura and Khanabari railway stations of Narsingdi stands his dham. Architects from Dhaka designed it. Going there one sees Humayun Sadhu simply smiling — that earth-fascinating, mysterious body with its sudden smile! At present his smiling photograph, enlarged, has been placed beside the tomb.

Early in life he served in the BDR (now the BGB). While in service his workplace was Meherpur in Kushtia. From that time everything of Fakir Lalon Shah began to please him. Later he left the job and, at the Akhra Bari of Baul emperor Fakir Lalon Shah, followed the sadhu path and the fakiri way.

Later, on receiving khilafat, from 1981 he built his own seat at his home at Uttar Mirzanagar in Khanabari of Raipura upazila, Narsingdi. For three long decades he conducted the fakiri activities at his own Akhra Bari in Mirzanagar. In the meantime countless devotees accepted him as their guru. Every year, on the occasion of the Tirodhan Dibas of Baul emperor Fakir Lalon Shah, a three-day grand Lalon commemoration Utsab and Baul mela are held at his Akhra Bari.

At present the biggest event of the area is conducted at this Akhra Bari. Thousands of people gather at every event.

At present three events are held each year at his Akhra Bari: his mother's death anniversary, the Lalon Tirodhan (Chollisha), and his own death anniversary.

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