#jamamasjid #bodhgaya – 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, 25 Aug 2023 21:40:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg #jamamasjid #bodhgaya – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 The Jama Masjid in Bodh Gaya https://ranasafvi.com/the-jama-masjid-in-bodh-gaya/ https://ranasafvi.com/the-jama-masjid-in-bodh-gaya/#respond Fri, 25 Aug 2023 21:40:22 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=38959 During my trip to Bodh Gaya in 2019, i walked a lot outside the Mahabodhi temple boundary.
To my surprise i saw a Jama Masjid there.
The Jama Masjid of Bodh Gaya is right behind the western wall of the Mahabodhi Temple.
The Imam there told me it was built or facilitated by the British in the 19th century for the Muslim workers on temple restoration.
In 1967 they opened a madrasa & renovated it
Unfortunately nothing of the old structure is left.

]]> https://ranasafvi.com/the-jama-masjid-in-bodh-gaya/feed/ 0 38959 Calligraphed scorpion, mid-19th c, attributed to Bahadur Shah Zafar: https://ranasafvi.com/calligraphed-scorpion-mid-19th-c-attributed-to-bahadur-shah-zafar/ Fri, 19 Apr 2019 11:15:45 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/calligraphed-scorpion-mid-19th-c-attributed-to-bahadur-shah-zafar/ ‎Calligraphed scorpion, mid-19th c, attributed to Bahadur Shah Zafar:

‎It reads:

‎نیش عقرب نه از ره کینه است

‎ مقتضای طبیعتش این است

‎”Scorpion’s stinging is not out of aversion. It is [unintentionally] required by his nature.”

Ajmal Siddiqui adds

Ye maine abbu se suna thha, bas “nesh e aqrab” ki jagah “nesh e kazhdum” kehte thhe wo.

Nesh e kazhdum na az paye keen-ast

Muqtazaaye tabeeyatash een-ast

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