Phool Waalon Ki Sair
Or procession of flower sellers or flower festival… or the fair to bring Hindu a Muslins together…
The story tells that the wife of Akbar Shah II vowed to offer flowers fans (pankhas) if her son that had killed a british resident and was in exile would be returned to her. As a devout lady she did and went to Merauli.
Surekha took us around to visit the important places, and the next day we were lucky enough to see some qawwali (I’ll try to upload a video later)
Translation: these are the prayer mats of Muinuddin Chishti, Fariduddin Ganj Shakar and Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
Jahaz Mahal
where the festival started...
Jharna (waterfall)
Yogmaya Mandir
offering of floral Pankha
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