Highly Inspiring is this article... AR is a devout Musician, and he is Blessed.
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 4:21 AM, userind <[email protected]> wrote: > Source - > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-4179290,prtpage-1.cms > > JAIPUR/AJMER: In the two decades, Oscar winner A R Rahman has never > missed a visit to the mausoleum of 12th century sufi saint Khwaja > Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer. A devout, Rehman comes twice a year to the > dargah . > > The name of the music school founded by him in Chennai is Khawaja > Moinuddin Conservatory. His recent composition for the song `Tere > darbaar mein Khawaja' in Jodha-Akbar was dedicated to the Ajmer shrine. > > Before he left for Los Angeles to attend the Oscar ceremony, Rahman > called a priest here to request him to perform `ziyarat' (prayers) at > the mausoleum. A special chadder was offered to the saint during early > Monday morning prayers soon after the `fazr namaz' was over. > > "He was excited and filled with enthusiasm when he called me and asked > me to pay his obeisance in the shrine. Similar calls were made by his > family members,'' Haji Sayed Mushir Chishti, the priest, told TOI. > > Soon after the awards ceremony was over, the Rahman family from > Chennai called the priest to thank Khwaja. Even during the Golden > Globe awards, which Rahman won, he and his wife asked the priest to > perform certain rituals at the dargah . > > Rahman had, along with his wife, visited the dargah in October last > year and stayed at a guesthouse in dargah vicinity mainly to get a > feel of the surroundings. "He attends all daily rituals along with > offering prayers on dargah premises,'' Chishti said. > During his visits, Rahman would be engrossed in the qawwalis in the > shrine and sit among the hundreds of other devotees. "He never asks > for security because it could cause inconvenience to other devotees. > He distributes meals to devotees and the poor, cooked in the huge > cauldrons in the dargah,'' says Haji Shabbir Khan, a member of dargah > staff. > > Ajmer district PRO, Pyare Mohan Tripathi, says Rahman is "so simple'' > that he comes like a common man and visits the dargah without letting > others know his identity. > > > -- regards, Vithur
