Baul Musical Traditions in Bengal: Lineages and Festivals (18th century–present)

1. Baul term appears in Bengali literary sources

   Jan 1, 1400Labels: Bengali texts

   • Baul Wiki
   • UNESCO ICH

2. Baul practices take recognizable shape in the 1700s

   Jan 1, 1700Labels: Baul practices

   • UNESCO ICH
   • Baul Wiki

3. Birth of Lalon Fakir, later a central figure

   Oct 17, 1774Labels: Lalon Fakir

   • Baul Wiki
   • Harvard CSWR

4. Lalon composes and circulates songs orally

   Jan 1, 1800Labels: Lalon Fakir

   • Harvard CSWR
   • UNESCO ICH

5. Death of Lalon Fakir and pilgrimage to his akhra

   Oct 17, 1890Labels: Lalon akhra

   • Baul Wiki
   • Mausoleum Wiki

6. Poush Mela begins at Santiniketan

   Jan 1, 1894Labels: Poush Mela

   • Poush Mela Wiki
   • UNESCO ICH

7. Baul movement peaks in late colonial Bengal

   Jan 1, 1900Labels: Late colonial

   • UNESCO ICH
   • Baul Wiki

8. Birth of Purna Das Baul Samrat

   Mar 18, 1933Labels: Purna Das

   • Purna Das Wiki
   • UNESCO ICH

9. Lalon’s mausoleum shrine inaugurated at Cheuriya

   Jan 1, 1963Labels: Lalon mausoleum

   • Mausoleum Wiki
   • Daily Star

10. UNESCO proclaims Baul songs a heritage “Masterpiece”

    Nov 27, 2005Labels: UNESCO proclamation

    • UNESCO ICH
    • Daily Star 2005

11. UNESCO inscribes Baul songs on Representative List

    Jan 1, 2008Labels: UNESCO inscription

    • UNESCO ICH

12. Lalon shrine closes and reopens amid COVID-19

    Nov 2, 2020Labels: Lalon shrine

    • Daily Star

13. Santiniketan receives UNESCO World Heritage inscription

    Sep 17, 2023Labels: Santiniketan

    • India Today
    • Times of India

14. Bangladesh marks Lalon memorial at national level

    Oct 18, 2025Labels: Bangladesh commemoration

    • TBS News
    • Daily Star