Imamshah Bawa Dargah

Imamshah Bawa Dargah (Urdu: امام شاہ باوا درگاہ) is a famous Shia Ismaili Dargah, in Pirana near the city of Ahmedabad in India.[1][2] Pir Sadardin Imamshah Bawa, a Shia Ismaili Da'i founded the Satpanth Tariqa around 600 years ago, and taught tolerance, perennialism and syncretism of all religions, putting a particular emphasis on the syncretism of Islam and Hinduism.[3][4] The Dargah consisted of a vast complex that contained the grave of Pir Sadardin, as well as several other graves, and a Mosque also existed in the complex.[2] Until 1931, the complex was the private property belonging to the direct descendants of Pir Sadardin.[5] The complex attracted devotees from religions other than Islam, such as Hinduism, and all 18 communities living in village of Pirana, belonging to different castes and religions, all contain devotees of Pir Sadardin.[5][6] The complex was demolished in the month of May, 2024.[4][7]

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  1. ^ "Imamshah Bawa Dargah". Justdial. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Ghosh, Sohini (31 January 2022). "Ahmedabad: Protest over wall on dargah premises". The Indian Express. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  3. ^ Bunsha, Dionne (10 September 2004). "The chains of Pirana". Frontline. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b Aswani, Tarushi (19 June 2024). "A Dargah's Distortion: How Gujarat's Imamshah Bawa Dargah Was Converted to a Temple Over Time". The Wire . Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Pirana Shrine Gets Wall, Tension Mounts". The Times of India. Ahmedabad. 31 January 2022. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  6. ^ Mishra, Jitu. "Pir Imamuddin Kufreshikan (Imamshah Bawa) Pirana Dargah". pirimamshahbawa.org. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  7. ^ Ghosh, Sohini (10 May 2024). "Clash after graves of Sufi saint, kin razed in Ahmedabad, 37 held". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
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