Bareilly – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Fri, 17 Mar 2017 20:17:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg Bareilly – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 Chunna Miyan ka Mandir , Bareilly  https://ranasafvi.com/chunna-miyan-ka-mandir-bareilly/ https://ranasafvi.com/chunna-miyan-ka-mandir-bareilly/#respond Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:57:10 +0000 http://ranasafvi.com/chunna-miyan-ka-mandir-bareilly/ A Seth Fazlur Rahman, who was a rich businessman in Bareilly, UP owned a large piece of prime land in Katra Manrai, near Bara Bazar. His pet name was Chunna Miyan 

In 1947 when refugees came from Pakistan they settled in this area And set up small temple on the empty land. Chunna Miyan sued them.

Then a priest from Hardwar held a satsang which he attended and had a change of heart.


Seth Fazlur Rahman not only withdrew his case but paid Rs 20700 for its construction and would come here daily to do shram dan

When I told Pandit I’ve come from Delhi to visit mandir( in Moharrum black so easily identifiable) he asked,”inki wajah se?” 

I smiled, yes 

His photo occupies pride of place in the temple.

Chunna Milan also went personally to Jaipur to get the idols of Laxminarayan and his consort and brought them to the temple


Today Chunna Milan is no more but the temple bears his name and is very famous.


The President of India Shri Rajendra Prasad inaugurated it in 1960

Chunna Miyan also built the Islamian Inter College in Bareilly 

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