Lalon (লালন), also known as Lalon Sain, Lalon Shah, or Lalon Fakir (c. 1774–1890), was a Bengali Baul saint, mystic, songwriter, social reformer and thinker. In Bengali culture he has become an icon of religious tolerance whose songs inspired and influenced many poets and social and religious thinkers including Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi ...