KOLKATA: The iconic Tipu Sultan Mosque has, for the primary time in its 184-year historical past, opened its doors for girls this Ramzan.
The Esplanade landmark has arranged for iftar and evening prayers for girls underneath a temporary shamiana within its premises, lending a crucial fortify system that lets them leave home for buying groceries within the town’s famed central business space without being concerned about how and the place to wreck their speedy and get some refuge from the sun and, right now, the rains.
The shamiana, with ok lights, fans and water, has proved to be an enormous reduction for girls operating in offices within the central business district, with the masjid authorities providing the iftari comprising culmination, chhola, sweets and sherbet.
“You don't even must get your own iftari. We will supply it. Just succeed in the mosque minutes prior to iftar and take your seat,” Prince Anwar Ali Shah, the mosque’s mutwali (caretaker) and great-grandson of Prince Gholam Mohammad, Tipu Sultan’s eldest son, mentioned.
The mosque used to be in-built 1834 by way of Prince Gholam Mohammad, when used to be in exile in Kolkata.
“Numerous ladies come to Esplanade from far-flung spaces for buying groceries all through Ramzan and do not need any proper position to visit when it is time for iftar. Many are compelled to wreck their speedy on the street and forgo their evening prayers,” Shah mentioned, explaining the rationale at the back of the decision.
Women devotees have welcomed the alternate. Park Circus resident Asma Momin had come to Esplanade to shop for essentials on Tuesday. “I was no longer sporting any food at all,” she mentioned. “The shamiana and the iftari had been a godsend,” she added.
Sabrina Yasmin had come to Dharamtala from close by Wellesley however used to be caught within the rain; for her, the shamiana provided the much-needed refuge. “It is a great determination and displays the mosque authorities’ inclination to switch with the times,” she mentioned. Around 150 ladies partake of iftar on the Tipu Sultan Mosque day-to-day.
Fasting all through Ramzan is without doubt one of the five necessary pillars of Islam, in conjunction with the declaration of faith, the namaz, the Haj pilgrimage and giving zakat (an Islamic levy). The conclusion of Ramzan heralds the coming of Eid, the most important Muslim competition.
The Esplanade landmark has arranged for iftar and evening prayers for girls underneath a temporary shamiana within its premises, lending a crucial fortify system that lets them leave home for buying groceries within the town’s famed central business space without being concerned about how and the place to wreck their speedy and get some refuge from the sun and, right now, the rains.
The shamiana, with ok lights, fans and water, has proved to be an enormous reduction for girls operating in offices within the central business district, with the masjid authorities providing the iftari comprising culmination, chhola, sweets and sherbet.
“You don't even must get your own iftari. We will supply it. Just succeed in the mosque minutes prior to iftar and take your seat,” Prince Anwar Ali Shah, the mosque’s mutwali (caretaker) and great-grandson of Prince Gholam Mohammad, Tipu Sultan’s eldest son, mentioned.
The mosque used to be in-built 1834 by way of Prince Gholam Mohammad, when used to be in exile in Kolkata.
“Numerous ladies come to Esplanade from far-flung spaces for buying groceries all through Ramzan and do not need any proper position to visit when it is time for iftar. Many are compelled to wreck their speedy on the street and forgo their evening prayers,” Shah mentioned, explaining the rationale at the back of the decision.
Women devotees have welcomed the alternate. Park Circus resident Asma Momin had come to Esplanade to shop for essentials on Tuesday. “I was no longer sporting any food at all,” she mentioned. “The shamiana and the iftari had been a godsend,” she added.
Sabrina Yasmin had come to Dharamtala from close by Wellesley however used to be caught within the rain; for her, the shamiana provided the much-needed refuge. “It is a great determination and displays the mosque authorities’ inclination to switch with the times,” she mentioned. Around 150 ladies partake of iftar on the Tipu Sultan Mosque day-to-day.
Fasting all through Ramzan is without doubt one of the five necessary pillars of Islam, in conjunction with the declaration of faith, the namaz, the Haj pilgrimage and giving zakat (an Islamic levy). The conclusion of Ramzan heralds the coming of Eid, the most important Muslim competition.
Iconic mosque welcomes women for iftar
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