As a matter of fact, the district of Birbhum in West Bengal was the seat of all Baul activity. Later the Baul domain stretched to Tripura in the north, Bangladesh in the east, parts of Bihar and Orissa in the west and south respectively. In Bangladesh, the districts of Chittagong, Sylhet, Mymensingh and Tangyl are famous for Bauls.
Interestingly, Bauls from far off places come to participate in the Kenduli Mela and the Pous Mela the two most important fairs held in West Bengal for Baul music and it's hard to think of Bengali culture without the Bauls as they remained an essential part of Bengal's music, in fact they are in the mud and air of this land, and in the mind and blood of it's people.
The spirit of the Bauls is the spirit of Bengal ever-flowing with it's dominating power in its society and culture, literature and art, religion and spirituality.
