Nagore is famous for Sufi saint Syed Abdul Qadir popularly known as Qadir Vali. Syed Abdul Qadir born in Manikpur in present day UP in the year 1504 (910 hijri). Around the age of 18 he left home seeking a spiritual teacher. He found a spiritual mentor in Mohammad Ghouse in Gwalior. After doing Hajj he landed in Ponnani in Malabar and traveled to Maldives, Sri Lanka and finally made Nagore in Tamil Nadu his home where he died in 1570 (978 hijri). His beautiful dargah was built years later with its unique white minarets.
Periya Minara at Nagore Dargah built by the Tanjore King.
Dargah’s influence over Tamil Muslims was so much that when a number of them migrated to Singapore they built a replica of the dargah for their spiritual needs.
Nagore Dargah in Singapore. [Photo by dozafar]
Lately, music of the Nagore Dargah is getting international recognition thanks to the Laya Project which has produced a CD with seven songs that can be purchased here:
Videos of the two of the songs are here:
Ya Allah:
Saint:
Urdu song, that is not part of the CD:
If someone reads TIMURNAMA, he clearly mentions how so called SUFI SAINT killed tons of hindu when hindus refused to accept the religion of peace even when threatened with the SWORD OF ISLAM.
Nice post Kashif,
But any post on Nagoor, especially on its music is incomplete without the legend who started it there. Nagoor EM Hanifa deserves a mention. Here’s the most famous one of his:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKoAeN7a0Jk
I’d also like to mention I’m not a big fan of the place itself. The dargah culture doesn’t work for me. Enough said, but the music is awesome tho. Thanks for the post.
Mohammad Ghouse also written as Mohammad Ghauth Gwaliori (d. 1562) was a great mystic belonging to the Shattari silsila whereas SYED SHAHUL HAMEED QADIRI/ QADIR WALI (d.1570) belonged to the Qadiri silsila. While the Qadiri silsila is one of the four major sufi sislsilas of India ,the Shattari silsila is believed to be a suborder.
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@indianhindu22 – Where did Timurnama come here? Whatever you believe to be the truth, please do not repeat the same actions of Pak right-wingers in websites like youtube who try to spread hatreds.
This is an Indian Muslim website where the plural, accepting Barelvi/Sufi Islam from the Indian sub-continent is celebrated – not the biased, exclusive Wahhabi/Deobandi/Salafi variants.