Taqwa Ahmed Travelogue

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Taqwa Ahmed

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Dec 2020

Graveyard of Pir Sirhindis.

Death is basically a new beginning not a termination and we will be pay for what we have done in our life. So Cemetery is a great reminder that help us to remind our death, we often forget that our life is given to us for a specific time and we all have to return back to Allah.

On Monday my family decided to go to our ancestral cemetery to visit the graves of our grandparents and offer prayers for those who are buried there. Graveyard of Pir Sarhindi is situated in Ganjo Takkar, (Barren Hill) in Hyderabad. Ganjo Takkar is a hilly range in Hyderabad and it’s rarely populated, so it’s hard to see any cabin or shop in the way. We took a cab and packed some food with us for lunch and on road we stop the car near a flower stall and bought some flowers and garlands from there to place it on the graves of our ancestors.

We took the road from Mulakatiar because it’s easier way to get there, but we can also go to Ganjo Takkar by Khattar route. On road I saw some flock of sheep wondering and grazing. And then we get a glimpse of Indus River. The dewdrops on the window of car and fog in the morning was making this view more beautiful than ever. So I’ll suggest you to go on the this hilly mountainous place in the winter morning. The view of cattle grazing on these little hills was so eye-catching. In fifty minutes we covered the distance from Tando Mohammed Khan to Ganjo Takkar.

We reached to Sirhandi graveyard, it’s white marble and tiles make it such a elegant place. There is the tomb of Hazrat Shah Abdul Rehman Jan Sirhindi a great saint whose family lineage belongs to Hazrat Mujadid Alf Sani and then to Hazrat Umar Farooq R.A. Hazrat Mujadid Alf Sani was a great Islamic scholar who is famous for his contribution to Islam. His real name is Shaikh Ahmed Sirhindi. He was called Mujadid Alf Sani means “reviver of the second millennium”. He opposed din e ilahi of Mughal Emperor Akbar and rest is the history. Hazrat Mujadid Alf Sani was a great example for his followers. He arranged Naqshbandi Sufi order. All his descendants are from the lineage of Hazrat Umar Farooq R.A, they are called Farooqi, Sirhindi or Mujadidi. Hazrat Mujadid Alf Sani revived Islam in Hindustan and people were inspired by his Contributions for Islam and became his followers. Then the Sirhandis migrated to Afghanistan and after that they were called in Sindh to spread teachings of Islam. People were amazed by the miracles of Hazrat Shah Abdul Rehman Jan Sarhindi and  people believed that Allah fulfill his wishes quickly so they came to ask him for make dua for them.

Thousands of people are his mureeds (followers of Sirhindi Pirs) . When a murshid dies they makes his son the new murshid, so this Silsilah of murshids is still continued. So Sirhandis have many followers from all over the Sindh and people come to visit the shrine of their Murshid or Aulia in Ganjo Takkar.

The first thing I did after reaching there was to recite fatiha at the grave of Hazrat Shah Abdul Rehman Jan Sirhindi. He lived in Tando Mohammed Khan, and made many devotees by his devotion to Islam. Hazrat Pir Shireen Jan Sirhandi was also a great saint who lived in Samaro, a town in Umarkot Sindh. People from Samaro, Mirpur, Matiari also come here to visits Graveyard of Pir Sirhindis.

Then I along with my family placed flowers on the grave of his two sons Pir Hassan Jan Sirhindi and Pir Hussain Jan Sirhindi. I spent one of clock reciting Quran Pak there and after that we went to the graves of women’s this portion of graveyard is the separate portion of this place surrounded by walls, other than sirhandis are not allowed to go there.

After that it was time to recite duhr prays there’s a mosque where we recite our prayers and then we distributed some food among people who cleaned this place they are called mujawirs or caretaker. There’s musafir khana for people who come from a far place can take rest there.

Besides Sirhindis cemetery there’s Sayed’s Cemetery where most of the people from Sayed’s of Tando Mohammed khan and other regions are buried there.

Then it was time to get back to the home so we decided to climb the mountains before going to home. It was a fun part because we never had been there before. There were huge mountains around the graveyard we decided to climb the highest mountain there. Me and my siblings started to climb the mountain and it was so difficult because we weren’t used to of climbing. I must tell you to not wear flip-flops on mountainous or hilly places because the rocks and bushes are too hard and thrones can injure your feet. You must wear some kind of boots or joggers for climbing.

I’ve heard about a lake which is recently found near Ganjo Takkar so I requested my family to go there. I can’t believe that this lake is really in Hyderabad because its so beautiful. People says that this lake is made by the rain water and it’s so clean and pure. The blue water of this lake and this mountainous view make this place more mesmerizing. The plus point of this lake is that it’s recently found so the people don’t know about this location and this place is clean and has no garbage.

I captured pictures of this beautiful lake and mountains and of course the pictures of our ancestral cemetery. I must tell you that this place is not for kids, because they mostly like amusement parks and gardens. But if you’re a wanderlust person so you should visit Ganjo Takkar hill there are many things you can explore here. Like I discussed about the ancient graveyard of Sayeds and Sirhandis and a beautiful lake you will surely enjoy this place. This place should be visited in a cool weather and I’m sure that you can capture many beautiful photographs of this amazing place. 

Travelogue, #TaqwaAhmed, 

Practical work carried under supervision of Sir Sohail Sangi 

Media & Communication Studies, University of Sindh