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Subject: [arr] Rahman, a devout of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
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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.
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