Teenage Muslim Sings Hindu Bhajans

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Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh): In India, there are innumerable examples

of people trying to keep alive the country's rich heritage and

promoting brotherhood between Hindus and Muslims.

 

Take the example of teenager Sania Sayyed, a resident of Khandwa in

Madhya Pradesh, who holds her audience spellbound by singing bhajans

or Hindu devotional songs.

 

The bhajans are in praise of Lord Krishna, and Sania knows this is

one way to unite people.

 

Thus recently, she astonishingly sang bhajans for a record 130

hours. She began with an ode to the elephant-headed Hindu god

Ganesha, and than sang bhajans in praise of other gods and goddesses.

 

Sania says she created the record not for worldly praise, but to

bring Muslims and Hindus together.

 

Her proud father Sayed Akbar Ali Kadri adds, " She (Sania) wants to

bring Hindus and Muslims together through her religious songs and

hymns. She wants that she should be famous in the world. People

should know that in spite of being a Muslim, she sings Hindu

religious songs ... she even goes to temples to sing. "

 

However, as she herself puts it that creating a record is not her

target. However, it is bringing together Hindus and Muslims that is

her goal.

 

Sania begins her day with the daily Namaz. But the evenings are

dedicated to song rehearsals, of which the Hindu bhajans form an

integral part. And it does not end there. When Sania begins reading

the Holy Quran, she completes the entire reading in one day. If she

has memorized the Holy Yasir Sharif by-heart, she has around 300

Hindu devotional songs to her credit.

 

Her parents say that as a child, Sania was fascinated by Hindu

bhajans and one day this fascination prompted her to choose the

platform of non-stop singing to spread the message of unity of

faiths. Losing themselves in the rapture of her melodies, the people

too are quite encouraging and are supporting her attempt to

establish religious amity.

 

One of the spectators, Dinesh Kumar Jain, says, " She is a Muslim

girl who has a feeling of unity in diversity of religions, besides

dedication for accomplishing her target of establishing harmony.

This feeling is an icon in itself. She began the feat with Ganesh

Vandana. And in between she sang Qawwalies, which are the Muslim

devotional songs. This way she is definitely going to accomplish her

mission. "

 

In a world that is increasingly becoming divided and polarized on

religious lines, Sania has shown the way to transcend narrow

confines of organized religion to encompass humanity.

 

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