Priyanka Singh
The city of Ajmer in Rajasthan, India, houses one of the greatest Sufi shrines of the world, that of the sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisty. Founder of the Chisty silsila, his love for the people led him to be called Gharib Nawaz, ‘caretaker of the humble and poor’. The love that reached out to people from the shrine cuts across all frontiers, bringing yearning souls into its presence.
In later years the city of Ajmer developed around this shrine, like a pulse in the body. For many it is part of a pilgrimage – a frontier to be reached – but for others, visiting the shrine is to come in the presence of the Master, where all frontiers disappear and the yearning soul finds refuge. These pictures take the viewer on a journey, a journey of both the external and the internal. The physical site and the human element are joined, their interconnectedness central in attaining an understanding of the self.
The physical shrine attracts more than its share of spiritual seekers and those who derive sustenance in the presence of the great Master, where all thoughts are focused in attaining union with the divine.
Come, journey to this frontier where the doors of the heart will be opened for the soul to transcend.
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