A Centre Of Sufism

By PTI Staff Writer, *Maestros enthral music lovers on banks of Dal lake* - Press Trust Of India - India
Monday, October 19, 2009

Srinagar: Presenting an unique confluence of cultures of two ancient civilisations, maestros of India and Iran enthralled music lovers on banks of Dal lake this evening.

Organised by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages in collaboration with Indian Council for Cultural Relations, union ministry of External Affairs and Jammu and Kashmir Tourism and Rumi Foundation, the programme Jahan-e-Khusru was conceived by filmmaker Muzaffar Ali.

Union minister for New and Renewable energy Farooq Abdullah, president ICCR and senior congress leader Karan Singh were among the dignitaries present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, Karan Singh said that Kashmir had remained a centre of Sufism with the tradition still alive here and added that the programme was designed to correlate the Sufi tradition of Kashmir-Iran and Awadh.

[Picture: Sunset On Dal Lake]