RecordingKhulna

Mahfuzul Alom Milon sings Khoda Baksh Sai’s song about Benarasi Sadhu, an ascetic who sat in his shrine in…

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Title as given by the source: Mahfuzul Alom Milon sings Khoda Baksh Sai’s song about Benarasi Sadhu, an ascetic who sat in his shrine in Satdua, smoked ganja all day long and devotees and wise men and women gathered around him and the atmosphere became truly transcendental. Yet, despite the ganja, mela and congregations of the great wise poets of this land, the song Milonbhai sang was also about killings of devotees in the shrine in 1971.
Place: KhulnaLocation is approximate — known to district level.
Date: Date unknown
Collection: The Travelling Archive
Persistent ID: BDMA-R-000528

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APA: Mahfuzul Alom Milon sings Khoda Baksh Sai’s song about Benarasi Sadhu, an ascetic who sat in his shrine in Satdua, smoked ganja all day long and devotees and wise men and women gathered around him and the atmosphere became truly transcendental. Yet, despite the ganja, mela and congregations of the great wise poets of this land, the song Milonbhai sang was also about killings of devotees in the shrine in 1971.. (n.d.). The Travelling Archive. Shurer Manchitra. https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000528 Original: https://www.thetravellingarchive.org/sadhushongo-fairdpur/
Chicago: "Mahfuzul Alom Milon sings Khoda Baksh Sai’s song about Benarasi Sadhu, an ascetic who sat in his shrine in Satdua, smoked ganja all day long and devotees and wise men and women gathered around him and the atmosphere became truly transcendental. Yet, despite the ganja, mela and congregations of the great wise poets of this land, the song Milonbhai sang was also about killings of devotees in the shrine in 1971.." Recorded in Khulna. n.d. The Travelling Archive. Shurer Manchitra, BDMA-R-000528. https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000528. Original at https://www.thetravellingarchive.org/sadhushongo-fairdpur/.
Persistent URL: https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000528

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