ARR organises Food Distribution every Friday.... Oh I am thrilled, excited and emotional..
I am so glad, that we were also able to do Food Distribution. Service to Man is Service to God Supreme On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 4:22 AM, userind <[email protected]> wrote: > Source - > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-4180022,prtpage-1.cms > > CHENNAI: People at a 234-year-old dargah in Chennai are looking > forward to the day Rahman will walk in quietly, clutching the two > statuettes. > > Rahman is known to seek Allah's blessings at the Hazrath Dastagir > Sahib Dargah, tucked away in a narrow street off the arterial > Radhakrishnan Road. "Even if he buys a new piece of equipment, he > brings it here and get it blessed," says Yesub who serves at the > dargah . "He comes every Friday for the 2 pm prayer, wearing a smile > on his face," he adds. > > This is the place where young Rahman came seeking blessings some 20 > years ago. And till date, the 42-year-old music composer continues to > visit the dargah whenever he is in the city. The musician, who lost > his father at the age of nine, converted to Islam from Hinduism along > with his family in 1989. > > "Rahman last came on Feb 13 after winning the Golden Globe and offered > prayers, placing the award before the grave of Dastagir baba. I told > him, `Welcome Golden Globe and Oscar hero. Jai Ho!' He smiled, reached > into his pocket and held out a wad of notes," 61-year-old Allah Baksh > Aarzoo, who has been a sweeper at the dargah for nearly four decades, > recalls. > > "I've been seeing him here for several years. There may be a vast > change in his appearance and position but not in his nature. He has > always been an amiable and humble person who helps the poor," > Noorjahan, an alms-seeker, fondly recalls. > > Inside the sprawling premises of the dargah, is a burial ground in > which Rahman's pir, Syed Shah Kareemullah Hussaini Khadari, has been > laid to rest under a tree. He was the one who rechristened A S Dileep > Kumar Allah Rakha Rahman. > > "After offering prayers in the dargah, Rahman comes to the grave of > his pir and pays his respects. He also organises community feeding > every Friday in memory of his pir," says Ibrahim, the watchman who > firmly believes that it is Rahman's unflinching faith in God that has > helped him to reach greater heights. > > > -- regards, Vithur
