MUHARRAM SPECIAL...............
DOES THE NEWS HEADLINES "HINDUS TO LEAD MUHARRAM PROCESSION IN TRILOKPURI" SURPRISE YOU?
Actually Muharram is not a festival, it is the first month of the lunar Al Hijri calendar. On Ashura or the "tenth day" of the month of Muharram, Hussien, son of Ali, Grandson of Muhammad was killed in the battle of Karbala by Yazid,('Yazīd ibn Mu‘āwiya ibn Abī Sufyān) the second Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate.
The Shia muslims mark the Ashura day as the day of mourning because they consider Ali as their Imam. The majority Sunni Muslims do not commemorate Ashura per se. It is ironical that Muhammad's descendents were tortured/murdered by Sunni Muslims in the power struggle after Muhammad died.
Strangely Muharram originates from the Arabic word "Haraam" meaning "sinful" and Ashura is 10 in Arabic.
Well........... another interesting part of the Muharram story.......
THE HUSSEINI BRAHMINS........
The Husseini Brahmins, also known as Mohiyals, are a tightly knit community of 125 families with surnames like Mohan, Bali, Chibber, Dutt, Bakshi, Lav and Bimwal, drawn from the seven Rishis from whom they claim to have descended.
The legend is about a group of eight Hindu brothers who had somehow reached Karbala determined to die fighting for the cause that Imam Husain stood for. They fought bravely and sacrificed their lives in devotion to Husein.
A sign each and every Husseini Brahman carries with him/her. On his/her throat s/he bears a line of cutting, which is indicative of the fact that she/he is the descendant of those Brahmans whose throats were cut in the battle of Karbala.’ The ritual is carried out on the birth of every child in ther family. Like among Brahmans, after child birth, the ritual of Moondan is performed. In Husseini Brahmins this ritual is performed in the name of Imam Hussein.
The history of Husaini Brahmans begins with ten Brahmans going to Karbala with the determination to die fighting for Imam Hussein. Among them were Rahib Dutt and his seven sons who fought bravely and resolutely. Rahib was the leader of a small band of career-soldiers living near Baghdad at the time of the battle of Karbala. Rahib Dutt was the lone survivor of the battle. From Karbala he escaped to Kufa, where he stayed for some time. It is said that Rahib had the privilege of meeting the members of the Imam’s family after the massacre.
Rahib went from Kufa to Afghanistan, and from there came back to India where he stayed for a few days in Nankana. He had brought with him a hair of Imam Husain, which is ensconced in the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Kashmir along with a hair of Prophet Muhammad.
The sect, which was later named Husseini Brahmin, had settled on the banks of river Euphrates. Subsequently, they returned to India and assumed various titles like Dutts, Mohiyals, Tyagis and many others. They also practised an intriguing blend of Islamic and Hindu traditions.
Marching in the procession ahead of the band of young Shia youths injuring their chest and back with blades fixed to chains, small daggers or even razors, Upendra Prasad Shahi said, “The battle of Karbala was a war to save humanity and faith. We are proud that our ancestors, too, sacrificed their lives.”
In his novel “Karbala”, Munshi Prem Chand mentions about Hindus fighting for Imam Hussain and referred to them as descendants of Ashwastthama, son of Dronacharya.
Sunil Dutt, was also a Husseini Brahman. And the father of Nargis, the famous film actress and wife of Sunil Dutt too was a Husseini Brahman. Nargis was born in Calcutta. Her father was Uttamchand Mohanchand alias Mohan Babu, a wealthy Hindu Mohyal from Rawalpindi.
DOES THE NEWS HEADLINES "HINDUS TO LEAD MUHARRAM PROCESSION IN TRILOKPURI" SURPRISE YOU?
Actually Muharram is not a festival, it is the first month of the lunar Al Hijri calendar. On Ashura or the "tenth day" of the month of Muharram, Hussien, son of Ali, Grandson of Muhammad was killed in the battle of Karbala by Yazid,('Yazīd ibn Mu‘āwiya ibn Abī Sufyān) the second Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate.
The Shia muslims mark the Ashura day as the day of mourning because they consider Ali as their Imam. The majority Sunni Muslims do not commemorate Ashura per se. It is ironical that Muhammad's descendents were tortured/murdered by Sunni Muslims in the power struggle after Muhammad died.
Strangely Muharram originates from the Arabic word "Haraam" meaning "sinful" and Ashura is 10 in Arabic.
Well........... another interesting part of the Muharram story.......
THE HUSSEINI BRAHMINS........
The Husseini Brahmins, also known as Mohiyals, are a tightly knit community of 125 families with surnames like Mohan, Bali, Chibber, Dutt, Bakshi, Lav and Bimwal, drawn from the seven Rishis from whom they claim to have descended.
The legend is about a group of eight Hindu brothers who had somehow reached Karbala determined to die fighting for the cause that Imam Husain stood for. They fought bravely and sacrificed their lives in devotion to Husein.
A sign each and every Husseini Brahman carries with him/her. On his/her throat s/he bears a line of cutting, which is indicative of the fact that she/he is the descendant of those Brahmans whose throats were cut in the battle of Karbala.’ The ritual is carried out on the birth of every child in ther family. Like among Brahmans, after child birth, the ritual of Moondan is performed. In Husseini Brahmins this ritual is performed in the name of Imam Hussein.
The history of Husaini Brahmans begins with ten Brahmans going to Karbala with the determination to die fighting for Imam Hussein. Among them were Rahib Dutt and his seven sons who fought bravely and resolutely. Rahib was the leader of a small band of career-soldiers living near Baghdad at the time of the battle of Karbala. Rahib Dutt was the lone survivor of the battle. From Karbala he escaped to Kufa, where he stayed for some time. It is said that Rahib had the privilege of meeting the members of the Imam’s family after the massacre.
Rahib went from Kufa to Afghanistan, and from there came back to India where he stayed for a few days in Nankana. He had brought with him a hair of Imam Husain, which is ensconced in the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Kashmir along with a hair of Prophet Muhammad.
The sect, which was later named Husseini Brahmin, had settled on the banks of river Euphrates. Subsequently, they returned to India and assumed various titles like Dutts, Mohiyals, Tyagis and many others. They also practised an intriguing blend of Islamic and Hindu traditions.
Marching in the procession ahead of the band of young Shia youths injuring their chest and back with blades fixed to chains, small daggers or even razors, Upendra Prasad Shahi said, “The battle of Karbala was a war to save humanity and faith. We are proud that our ancestors, too, sacrificed their lives.”
In his novel “Karbala”, Munshi Prem Chand mentions about Hindus fighting for Imam Hussain and referred to them as descendants of Ashwastthama, son of Dronacharya.
Sunil Dutt, was also a Husseini Brahman. And the father of Nargis, the famous film actress and wife of Sunil Dutt too was a Husseini Brahman. Nargis was born in Calcutta. Her father was Uttamchand Mohanchand alias Mohan Babu, a wealthy Hindu Mohyal from Rawalpindi.
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