It is heard that he had a close relation with Lalon Shah- a very popular and famous mystic singer of Bangladesh. He became famous by singing Marefati songs. He was a wandering mendicant and his songs there was a scene of myticism. Alefchan Dewan hailed from the village Bamansur of Keraniganj upazilla in the district of Dhaka. WE find the influence of Sufism in the songs of the saints like Kalu Shah Fakir (1810-1905), Sha’nal (Shahlal) Shah Fakir. Individuality has been created in the language and lyrics of these songs according to and on the basis of regional and spiritual aim. which are also found in the mystic songs like Murshidi songs, Fakir Songs, Tarza songs and Bichar songs. In Baul songs there are some sects like- Attototto, Dehototto, Gurutotto, Premtotto, Srishtitotto, Gudhatotto, Poromtotto etc. greater Nadia, after that, ‘as a result of several saints’ efforts several schools (Gharana) have been spread in Jessore, Khulna, Faridpur, Dhaka, Tangail, Mymensingh, and the western part of Sylhet.’(Habibur Rahman, The Folk Songs of Bangladesh and geographical environment, Bangla Academy, Dhaka, 1982, pg-144), that means this widely spread songs though obeyed the socio-economic condition and cultural and geographical encroachment, yet as it holds the main theme of Baul religion, so it is named as Baul songs. Though in Bangladesh, the mystic or Baul songs flourishes around the area of Kustia i.e.
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