These views originated from a single Bengali book, "Jayadeva Charita" authored by Odia poet called "Banamali Das", then subsequently disseminated by Bengali historians. The book was written in 1803 when little was known about the poet's life. Since this was the only published source of information then, it eventually came to be accepted that Jayadeva may have been born in Bengal. This idea was further propagated in 1906 through an article by a certain M. M. Chakrobarty where he mentioned that the great poet belonged to Bengal in the "Asiatic Society of Bengal". Since Jayadeva mentions the village of "Kendubilva" as his birthplace, a location in Birbhum, where a traditional Baul festival is held each year, was identified to have been the original "Kenduli" village of Jayadeva. Under the assumption that the illustrious poet was born there, that festival too became associated with Jayadeva. A nearby village acquired the sobriquet of "Jayadeva Kenduli" and became a tourist attraction, and the Baul festival was renamed as "Jayadeva Mela"