Beautiful pictures from the Holy Shrine of Hazrat Maulana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi in Konya.
Konya is one of Turkey's oldest continuously inhabited cities and was known as Iconium in Roman times. As the capital of the Seljuk Turks from the 12th to the 13th centuries, it ranks as one of the great cultural centres of Turkey.
Konya is one of Turkey's oldest continuously inhabited cities and was known as Iconium in Roman times. As the capital of the Seljuk Turks from the 12th to the 13th centuries, it ranks as one of the great cultural centres of Turkey. During that period of cultural, political and religious growth, the mystic Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi Balkhi founded a Sufi order known in the West as the Whirling Dervishes. The striking green-tiled mausoleum of Maulana is Konya’s most famous building. Attached to the mausoleum, the former dervish seminary now serves as a museum housing manucripts of Maulana's works and various artefacts related to the mysticism of the sect.
Every year during the first half of December, a ceremony is held in commemoration of Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi Balkhi, with the controlled, trance-like turning or sema of the white-robed men creating a fascinating performance for the viewer.
Note: I (Faheem Hunarwar) and Farhad Hunarwar my son had the chance of our lives to visit the holy shrine of Hazrat Rumi Balkhi together where the Director of Mevlana Foundation met us in person and praised our work done for Rumi.
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Faheem Hunarwar
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