Nice post and teh title is too good .....
--- On Tue, 24/2/09, Vithur <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Vithur <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [arr] A dargah awaits the pilgrim
To: [email protected]
Date: Tuesday, 24 February, 2009, 7:38 AM
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 <user...@yahoo. com> 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.
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regards,
Vithur
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