Manersharif

 

                                                                                Manersharif

                        While on assignment in Bihar I was going to Arrah from Patna and in this way I was crossing Maner which is about 25 Kms west of Patna on NH 933, there is a nondescript Quila(Tomb) of Sah Maqdum Sah which  was built in 1619 is called Maner Sharif which is a block of Patna.  So I turned my vehicle towards Maner Quila. During ancient period Patna known as  Hastinapurn  then after that Patliputra and again after that it is called Patna. It is to be mentioned here that Maner as it is called is also famous a very popular sweet Laddoos.

                   A huge pond adores the Maner sharif Quila just before it and the people of nearby use it for their daily chores; it is also beneficial for the training of swimmers and training centre for the cadets in rescue operations during any disaster such as flood and other water related accidents. It has two Muslims tombs popularly known as Bari Dargah is of Sufi saint Makhdoom Yaha Maneri  and the other one is of Makhdum Shah Daulat who died in 1616 called Choti Dargah, was built by Ibrahim Khan in 1619.

                          These tombs are less visited place only those who have some interest in history use to visit it often. But about 61 years back in 1963 it came into huge lime light when a very popular and blockbuster Bhojpuri film “Laagi Nahi Chute Ram’s” hit the silver screen and its song ‘Lal Lal Hotwa se Barse Laliya ho ’ was shot in the backdrop of Maner Quila, starring Kumkum, Aseem Kumar, sung by Lata Mangeskar and Talaat Mahmood and the music composer  was Chitragupta, lyricist  Mazrooh Sultanpuri. This was the 3^rd Bhojpuri film after after “Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadai Bo”. This song proved as great toxicant and created much euphoria among the youngsters who become sloshed deeply into this song and it was on everybody lips. Same euphoria generated when another film of Devanand  ‘Johny Mera Naam’ was released in November 1970, whose on song ‘O O Mere Raja’ was filmed at the backdrop of Rajgir and Nalanda ruins.

Text and Photos by- Ashok Karan,

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