Pirana Dargah[edit]

Pirana Dargah
Pirana Dargah
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Pirana Village, Ahmedabad
State	Gujarat
Country	India
Architecture
Date established	Around 550 years ago

Introduction[edit]

The Pirana Dargah is located in Pirana Village which is about 18 kilometers away from the city Ahmedabad. The other name of Pirana Dargah is Imam Shah Bawa Dargah. The Pirana Dargah is believed to be founded 550 years ago. The Dargah is famous for it's ancient shrine of Hajarat Pir Imamuddin Shah Bawa. The ancient shrine draws the attention of many followers from all over Gujarat. There are hindu followers known as "Satyapanthis" and muslim followers are called as "Saiyeds"^[1].Many people visits this shrine every year. Lunch and dinner facilities are available for all the visitors of Dargah. The dargah also organize events like Sandal Ceremony^[2]. It is also said that all 18 communities who lives in Pirana Village belongs to different religions and castes and are devotees of Imam Shah Bawa. The priests there are in charge of the main tomb are also claimed that they are Hindus. Also, there is a Hundu syllable Om sign which is painted on different places on the walls^[3]

History[edit]

Imam shah bava originated from Multan which is located in pakistan,he was joined by an uncommon adherent named Abdurrahim who was a child of Iran's King Imamshah bava offered Name to Abdurrahim as "HajarBeg,because he would never leave Imamshah bava even in the toughest circumstance. He would always stay by his side. Imamshah baba's Father name was Pir kabiruddin whom's Dargah is situated in Multan(pakistan).Imamshah bava had 17 siblings.

saiyed imam-ud-din[edit]

Saiyed Imam-ud-din, whose concise history is recorded here. he was the most youthful of the eighteen children of Pir Syed Hasan Kabir-ud-din bin ,Pir Syed Sadruddin who was a relative of Hazrat Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq. He was conceived on Thursday, the 21st Muharram, 834 A.H.(1430 C.E/1486 Savant) at Uch Sharif close to Multan. His mother, Hurmat Khatun, was the daughter of Syed Alauddin canister Syed Kamal-ud-din. His different nicknames are Syed Abdur-Rahim, Indra Imamdeen, Syed Imam Shah, and so forth in any case, he is celebrated as Syed Imam-ud-din or Syed Imam Shah among the Ismailis and as Pir Imam Shah or Pir Indra Imamdeen among the Imamshahis. He was around 19 when his father, inhaled his last breaths.All the offspring of Pir Hasan Kabir-ud-din are said to have been available at the time when he passed away, except Syed Imam-ud-din who is accounted for to have been away on a proclaiming mission. In his nonattendance, his eighteen siblings quickly separated whatever property their father had deserted, denying Syed Imam-ud-din of his offer of the legacy. By chance Syed Imam-ud-din out of the blue came back to Uch Sharif on the day his dad was to be covered and to his great sadness learnt of his dad's end. While in transit to the burial ground, he came to know about the extraordinary dismay of his siblings' foul play. He promptly stopped the memorial service parade and tending to his father's casket requested his legacy. His siblings and their followers snickered at this clear silliness, however Syed Imam-ud-din was inflexible. For over three hours he held up the burial service parade and continued entreating his father for his due offer. Finally, it is said that, a hand showed up from the coffin with a rosary (Tasbih) which he is said to have differentially gotten yet continued begging for additional. At that point the hand showed up a moment time with a piece of sugar (misery), which he promptly put into his mouth and communicated his fulfillment as having gotten his offer of the legacy.He at that point enabled the procession to continue. A portion of the uninformed and sycophantic individuals began misdirecting him that this marvel connoted his progression to his father as Pir. Syed Imam-ud-din however at the age of around 19 yet exceptionally learned in religious philosophy and supernatural quality, comprehended the genuine motivation behind these after death estates from his dad. He knew well that the workplace of Pir (piratan) must be offered by the Imam of the time (Imam-eZaman-) and that even a profoundly refined and famously recognized Pir like his generally respected father did not appreciate any power or appropriate to give such a blessing. He instantly halted the naughty gossipy tidbits from developing in any way and completely, proclaimed to all present that it was the right of the Imam of the time (Imam-e-Zaman) alone as was clear by the instances of his dad and granddad. He clarified the centrality of the after death endowments from his dad in the way that the rosary (Tasbih) connoted the command of his dad to him to be increasingly dedicated to petitions and the chunk of sugar implied his dad's encouraging to bear on the preacher work by sweet influence (lecturing). After this he went on various preaching tours preaching different sectors of society.On his arrival from Kehk, Syed Imam-ud-din touched base at Ahmedabad around 856 A.H.(1452 C.E./1508 Savant) and remained at a Mosque on the edges of the city. Here he is accounted for to have had an encounter with Mohammed Begda, the well known ruler of Gujrat and fashioned a few supernatural occurrences. From Ahmedabad, he continued onwards and settled down at Girmata from where he carried on his central goal with the assistance of his committed pupils. In 1512 Savant, Syed Imam-ud-din wedded Khadija Bibi, girl of Shah Muhammad Bukhari, a relative of King Alam Shah. This was his second marriage. In 1524 Savant, Syed Imam-ud-din established the framework stone of his sepulcher at Girmata which is currently prevalently known as Pirana Sharif. In 1529 Savant, he is accounted for to have gone to Bhavnagar where he designated a Rajput Sardar, Puja Singh (Poncha Kaka) as the Mukhi of the Jamat. He is likewise said to have gotten the hand of Punja Singh's girl for his child, Syed Muhammad Shah. Amid his minister vocation spreading over almost seventy years, he is accounted for to have created hundred and four volumes of religious composition (six) and prosody (eight) . Throughout his life journey he has been working for amalgamating different castes and spreading peace.

Rituals[edit]

It is customary in each and every Jama'at-khana that a row of community leaders and title holders (male and female) ought to sit facing the remainder of the congregation. There’s a row of people, sitting with their backs to the aspect wall, within the male furthermore because the feminine section. Each these sections square measure unbroken aspect by aspect in one massive hall. Hence, a row of males would face and prostrate before the females, and the other way around. Staring at people of the alternative gender across the hall, and even the passing of objects between genders, is extremely discouraged if not taboo. The reading of Holy Dua is undertaken whereas sitting on the ground on one's knees, or whereas sitting cross-legged like alternative sects, with a Misbaha (rosary) being picked up at intervals. Anyone of any age UN agency is absolutely versed within the Holy Dua might lead the prayer. Satpanth essentially worships Lord Nishkalanki Narayan, UN agency is assumed to be Tenth and Final reincarnation of Lord Vishnu; and UN agency shall take birth at the tip of Kaliyuga.

Other Buildings:[edit]

There is a Dholia(Aashan) build at the spot where Imam Shah Bawa used to sleep and one also in the mosque.

People[edit]

Satpanthis are people who live in villages of Gujarat like Pirana village near Ahmedabad. Satpanth is a sub category of Nizari Ismailism and Ismaili Sufism.

People of Satpanth includes high caste of Lohana, Rajputs, merchants, Kadva patel's of farming caste and some migrates from Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan. Small amount of these followers are in Jalgoan, Nandurbar, and Dhule districts. Mostly, Sathpanth followers are Hindus who make Islamism and hinduism a unique place to worship together. Approximately this sect's member includes 85% of Hindu caste and 15% of muslims.

Leadership[edit]

Currently, head of Sathpanth is Sri Nanakdasji Maharaj who transformed this stream and converted into Gujarat's Muslim sect.

Belief[edit]

Mureeds are called as Satpanth's followers. Mureeds believe that physical form of Imam is a Noor or a eternal light. This is considered as a word of real Imam. Satpanth followers believe in Nurani Didar, which means that it is a vision of light.

Visiting hours[edit]

The Dargah is open every day. It is open from 3.30 AM to 6.00 PM. There is facility of lunch and dinner for visitors along with waiting or living room facility.

Beliefs and Specializations[edit]

Specializations[edit]

The Pirana Daragh is a pearl white Islamic shrine. All other shrines have a green flag on their top while Pirana has a white flag on its top, which is an indicator of peace. While entering in the village and travelling towards the dargah, we find a big watch tower with an "OM" sign on its top, which is the sacred sign of Hindus. While entering the dargah, we find a plate hanging in the dargah which has a sign of "OM" engraved on it. The priests in the dargah are also Hindus. The premises of dargah consists of both- Hindu temple as well as the dargah with the shrine of Hazrat Immamshah Bawa.

Beliefs[edit]

The Pirana Dargah has a divine stone. The priests of the dargah believe that ths stone is a wish completer. They say that by sitting on the stone, we should pray to Imam Sahib telling him our wish and asking him to fulfill our wish and rotate our body. only males are allowed to sit on this stone and so women have to tell their wish to any male.

The devotees coming to Pirana are chained at their feet. It is believed that while the devotees are chained, they need to close their eyes and pray while walking toward the sufi saint's tomb. If your wish is going to be fulfilled in few days then the chain will break down in the first few steps only. If the chain does not break in few steps then your wish will not be granted inn few days, it will take a long time.

Controversy[edit]

One of the controversies is that the priests who were incharge of the main tomb which was of Hajarat Imam Shah and his son Mohommad Shah claimed that he was hindu. It was said that when the people who visited the dargah after bowing down to the tomb when came out a man who was dressed in white clothes would put a tilak on their forehead of saffron colour which is put by hindus when they worship. Apart from this there was another thing that Om which is a symbol for hindus was written on the wall at many different places of the dargah. A holy place was build for Pir imam shah after his death. After making a shrine they also marked the place where pir imam shah bawa used to sleep and it also had pictures of hindu gods and built a holy place and a graveyard and a mosques to offer him respect. The court has given the orders that government would take care of that place. There was a talk that the handwritten Quran by Pir imam shah which used to lie besides the tomb once disappeared. There was no clue that where the Quran went. After some problems they renamed the dargah to 'Prerna Pith' or ' Samadhi mandir' It was also said that a wire was used as a fence to seperate the Pir's tomb from masjid by the satpanthi administration