Asian Journal of Development Matters

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 2

Sufism in the state of rajasthan

1Department of Library & Information Science, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer-305009, Rajasthan, India

Abstract

The soil of India is like a place of worship for the sufi saints. The sufi saints contributed uninterrupted flow of spirituality for enriching the human heart with thoughtful purity. The saints played important roles for spreading messages of humanity and global brotherhood to the whole world. Devotional meditation and assisting common people for finding solution to their everyday problems were part of the daily routine of the sufi saints. This all made, quite attractive by their simple living and impressive with their truthful spiritual thinking. The paper presents description of various Sufi Saints in various Districts of the State of Rajasthan. Highlights the contribution of Sufis who worked for benefitting the society beyond any boundaries of caste and creed. Explains the customs and traditions of the Sufism, as practiced at various Dargah of the Sufi Saints. Presented the facts with historical and sociological details.

Keywords

Sufi, sufism, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Usman Haruni, Fakhruddin, Miran Syed Husain Shaheed