https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Sun, 09 Aug 2020 02:27:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 https://ranasafvi.com/bodhi-tree/ https://ranasafvi.com/bodhi-tree/#respond Sun, 09 Aug 2020 02:27:43 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=36810 The Bodhi tree was cut down many times.
According to legend first time by Ashoka’s wife who was jealous of his attention to it.
Then again by King Pushyamitra Shunga in the 2nd century BC, and by King Shashanka in 600 AD. In the 7th century AD, Chinese traveler Xuanzang wrote of the tree in detail.
Each time it was replanted
The tree Cunningham saw earlier died and in 1881, Cunningham planted a new Bodhi tree on the same site.
The Bodhi tree plays a huge role in Buddhism.
This is a frieze from the original Sunga dynasty railing around the Mahabodhi Temple now displayed in the museum

]]> https://ranasafvi.com/bodhi-tree/feed/ 0 36810 https://ranasafvi.com/dargah-of-syedna-roomi-chisti-in-bijapur/ Mon, 17 Dec 2018 02:50:58 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/dargah-of-syedna-roomi-chisti-in-bijapur/ The sense of peace and belonging I felt in the dargah of Syedna Roomi Chisti in Bijapur was unbelievable. The Khadim gifted me a rose and I just sat there and soaked it all in

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