The spiritual heir of Muslim founder of Harmandir wants Amritsar free of drugs
Lahore: Amritsar being touted as the gateway for entry of narcotics from Afghanistan to India, has saddened the 19th generation spiritual heir of the founder of the Golden Temple Sai Hazrat Mian Mir.
The Sufi saint Mian Mir's spiritual heir, Sai Makhdoom Syed Chand Pir Quadri, and his son Syed Raza Ali Qadri told The Times of India "Amritsar should be free from intoxicants" to maintain the sanctity of the holy city.
The two spiritual persons also said Golden Temple should not be called by this name but by its original identity of Hari Mandir (Temple of Hari).
Pirs of the Qadri sect of Sufis asked Sikh administrators to hang a plaque in the "Hari Mandir" mentioning that the foundation stone of the temple was laid by Sai Mian Mir despite inviting the ire of the then Mughal emperor Akbar who had banned construction of any religious place in the country for eight years as the emperor was promoting his own religion "Deen-e-Elehi".
While Mian Mir laid the foundation of the Hari Mandir Guru Arjan Dev, a close friend of Mian Mir, laid the foundation of a mosque made inside the Hari Mandir complex for followers of Mian Mir who did karseva (voluntary work).
This fact of the mutual laying of foundation stones for each other's places of worship is almost not known but needs to be revealed to promote inter-faith harmony and understanding, the spiritual heir of Mian Mir said.
The Pirs now have a personal collection of belongings attached with Guru Arjan Dev who stayed with them for more than three years at Lahore.
Aurangzeb's scholarly brother Dara Shikoh was so close to Mian Mir that his body was laid adjacent to the mausoleum of Mian Mir whom mighty Mughals refused to defy.
Syed Chand Pir Qadri said at least a lakh volunteers worked for the temple and happily 95,000 were from other countries.
[Picture: Makhdoom Syed Chan Pir Qadri. Photo: Sikhi Wiki (Encyclomedia of the Sikhs).]
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