H-M synthesis in Delhi and Rajasthan

by Guest Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:16 pm

In North India, the tomb of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer attracts thousands of pilgrims from all over the world and often there are more non-Muslim worshippers at the shrine than Muslims Hindu shopkeepers near the tomb place their shop keys at the steps to the dargah before commencing their daily business and the sandalwood paste for the dargah is prepared every day by a Brahmin, whose family has been devotees at the dargah for centuries. While music before mosques had sparked many communal riots in other parts of India, at the dargah in Ajmer a shehnai is played everyday as in a temple and the distribution of the alms is the same as the prasad in countless shrines of Hinduism.

In Delhi itself the annual festival of flower sellers or Phulwalon-ki-sair at the Muslim shrine at Mehrauli is an intercommunal affair. These sacred places, distributed all over India symbolise the fact that communal harmony is a national heritage handed down through the centuries.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020324/spectrum/main4.htm

by Guest Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:17 pm

Note to self: Rajasthan, Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, TN, AP, Orissa, and UP have now been covered.

by Guest Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:26 pm

are we just synthesising H and M, or are we synthesising the states too? Why are all the post for two states each?

by Guest Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:28 pm

Tracy Whitney wrote:are we just synthesising H and M, or are we synthesising the states too? Why are all the post for two states each?

Some, not all, are for two states together. Just to reduce the number of threads on this topic. So no, the synthesis is only for H and M and not for the states.

by doofus_maximus Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:19 pm

Rashmun wrote:
Tracy Whitney wrote:are we just synthesising H and M, or are we synthesising the states too? Why are all the post for two states each?

Some, not all, are for two states together. Just to reduce the number of threads on this topic. So no, the synthesis is only for H and M and not for the states.

Your efforts to achieve this end has been duly noted. Jahanpanah appreciates your efforts.

by charvaka Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:25 pm

Rashmun wrote:Just to reduce the number of threads on this topic.

Why, oh why? This is unfair. Isn't this topic important enough to merit a number of threads devoted to it?

by Guest Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:32 pm

charvaka wrote:
Rashmun wrote:Just to reduce the number of threads on this topic.
Why, oh why? This is unfair. Isn't this topic important enough to merit a number of threads devoted to it?

OK

by Guest Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:36 pm

Jaipur, Dec. 5: Every Muharram, a Hindu family builds an eco-friendly tazia out of fresh mustard seeds for Shia Muslims in Sambhar, a town of 22,000 people some 80km from Jaipur.

The Agarwal Kayals have been doing it for a century and a half, the tradition surviving the vagaries of the Hindu-Muslim relationship to stand as a tribute to communal harmony.

It was started as a gesture of thanksgiving by the family after the blessings of a peer (Muslim saint) answered its prayers for a child in the mid-19th century. The Agarwal Kayals own several businesses including salt-making, for which Sambhar and its salt lake are famous.

“Although nobody can say why the green tazia was considered the most apt for thanksgiving, most people in Sambhar, including the Hindus, consider it sacred. They make their children pass under the tazia in the same way as Muslims,” said Satyanarain Mishra, a veteran lawyer in Sambhar.

The “Sarson Ka Tazia”, which stands out from among the usual tazias of coloured paper and decorative frills, is built in a particular way.

A framework of bamboo sticks is first covered with wet cotton and filled with mustard seeds. It is then sprinkled with the right quantity of water every day till the mustard seeds sprout shoots and leaves. This is done at a mosque near the Agarwal Kayals’ home.

“We look forward to the green tazia procession every year. We know that it is a unique tazia,” said Sambhar resident Iliyas Khan.

“They (the Agarwal Kayals) try to make it more beautiful each year. The green tazia reflects the friendly relations between our two communities in Sambhar and signifies that the ties will remain fresh and pure for ever.”

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111206/jsp/nation/story_14844856.jsp

by Hellsangel Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:40 pm

The effect of the meds has worn off.

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