Sunday, 15 December 2013

About nowgawan sadat

THIS IS A SMALL TOWN AREA 15 KMS AWAY FROM AMROHA. MOST OF THE POPULATION BELONGS TO SHIA "SADAAT" PEOPLE FROM " ABIDI " BRANCH. LITERACY IS MUCH HIGH IN "SADAT" PEOPLE.
NOWGAWAN IS FAMOUS FOR ITS MOHARRAM FESTIVAL.
MAHFILS IN NOWGAWAN ARE ALSO VERY FAMOUS IN ALL OVER INDIA.
NOWAGAWAN HAS MANY INTER COLLEGES, ONE ITI AND MANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. NOWGANWI'N PEOPLES ARE SETTLED IN UK, US, CANADA, SWEDEN, GERMANY, NEWZILAND, AUSTRALIA OR WE CAN SAY ALL OVER WORLD INCLUDING MIDDLE EAST ETC.
NOWGAWAN SADAT IS ONE OF THE BEST TOWN AREA IN INDIA WITH ALL FACILITIES OF LIVING AT ONE PLACE.
IT IS LOCATED AROUND 140 KMS AWAY FROM NEW DELHI.
Nawgawan Khurd came into existance in 948 A.H. (according to Abjad its total no. is same)(1541 AD) by Maulana syed Fakhruddin s/o Maulana Mohammad Imam buried in Delhi, the Sajjad Nashin of Hazrat Nizamudin Aulia. According to Qari Sahab it came into existance in 820 A.H. (1417 AD) as Naugawan Kalan. To the north of it was Vazirabad (Present Name: Amroha). Maulana Fakhrudin & Maulana Jalaludin, the two sons of Maulana Mohd Imam, came here as a preacher of Islam and were successful in it. Their sons inhabited here and spread in thousands till date. Many of them migrate to different parts of the world.

Karbala of nowgawan sadat


Karbala Nowgawan Sadat is not only a very popular Dargah in Nowgawan Sadat but also in the nearby areas. It is located in the western part of Nowgawan Sadat.This Dargah is very large and marvellous in its design and architecture.

Whole of its architecture is very classic and is made up of Indo-Mughalian style of architecture.

it was bulit using soil brought from "Karbala", Iraq about two hundred years ago. Roza-e-Hazrat Abbas (A.S.) was built using the same soil.
Karbala Nowgawan Sadat is spread in an area of approximately six thousand square feet.

Inside Karbala Nowgawan Sadat, one can see Roza-e-Hazrat Abbas (A.S.), Ganje Shaheedan-e-Karbala (A.S.), Hujra Janab-e-Syeda (A.S.), and "ghaar"(cave) of Imam-e-Zamana(A.S.).

Mango trees have been implanted inside the boundry of Karbala NowgawanSadat.

Spirituals of Nowgawan Sadat

There are many great spirituals in Nowgawan Sadat they are doing work in the field of spirituality and trying to explain the spirit of Islam and comparative study of religions. Late Maulana Sibtay Nabi, who was the dean of theology faculty in A.M.U., Late Maulana Firoz Haider world famous zakir, Late Maulana Muzaffar, Maulana Mohammad Hussain Mahzar,Late Maulana Salaman Hyder,Late Maulana Mohammad Mujtaba, Maulana Sibtey Mohammad, was great Muslim scholars. Today Maulana Haider Abbas is a well known spiritual leader he wrote many books on spirit of Islam and concept of Tawheed. Maulana Naeem Abbas is a world famous speaker and principal of Jamiatul Muntazar. Late Maulana Jawad Asghar 'Natiq' was the renouned Zakir, Aalim, Teacher & Shayer (in Arabic, persian & Urdu).

Religious Institutions in Naugawan Sadat


In Naugawan Sadat there are three religious institutions . These institutions are busy in the service of Islam and nation. In these institutions hundreds of students are living and try to know about the spirit of Islam. (1) Jamia Babul Ilm (Founder: Late Maulana Syed Sibtey Nabi, at Mohalla: Shahfreed (2) Jamia Alia Jafaria (Founder: Late Maulana Mohammad Mujtaba which was earlier at Mohalla Bangla then shifted to Karbala Road and is now at Budh Bazar (Abu Talib Nagar)(3) Jamiatul Muntazar (Founder: Late Maulana Syed Salman Hyder, at Karbala road), Molana Naim Abbas and Molana Quratul-Ain Mujtaba managing all activities. you can also visit the web site of jamiatul muntazir http://www.jamiatulmuntazar.org/.

POETS OF NOWGAWAN SADAT


There are many famous Shu'ra (Poets)stays in Nowgavan Sadat. They are Syed Riyaz Hashim 'Riyaz', Maulana Ansar Husain 'Sajid'. Muharram Ali 'Shohrat', Gauhar Nawgavi, Qaisar Aqeel, Taqi, Shoeb Raza, Tahir Raza, Qamar, Raqim, Nihal, Musavvvir, abid, Akhtar,wazeer abbbs,shah alam abidi,khurram zaidi, asghar abbas zaidi.
About Nowgawan Sadat

Imam BargahNowgawan Sadat is a place about which a lot of people had written in their own styles. It is a famous town not in India but in the entire world. It is situated in the Western Uttar Pradesh’s district J. P. Nagar (Amroha). One can look about this famous town at various websites and books, therefore we are giving you just a small introduction about the place. The biggest asset of Nowgawan Sadat is the inhabitants who are Sadats and belong to the family of fourth Imam i.e. Hazrat Zainul Abedin (A.S.).

Thats why they are called as Abidi. Nowgawan Sadat set a very good example of the unity in diversity because people from different castes and religion lives there happily and prosperously. As there are many mosques located in Nowgawan Sadat, there is one temple also situated in the middle of the town. In this temple worship of God is done according to the Hindu religion. Nowgawan Sadat is settled only at a distance of 12 Km from the district Amroha at Amroha –Bijnor road .

This road was built by Mr. Gleban near about 1936. There are a lot of villages located on that road like Belna, Rampur, Peela Kund, Maqdoompur etc. The area of Nowgawan Sadat is near about 1400 Acers. The people of Nowgawan Sadat are involved in almost every profession but it is one of the major hub for the Beeri and Khadi (Cotton) business. There are some big companies of Beeri and Khadi in Nowgawan Sadat about which we will discuss later in detail.

There is a big strength of government servant in Nowgawan Sadat also. Almost every facility is available in Nowgawan Sadat which is useful for livelihood like crusher, flour grinding machines, oil extracting machines, wood frame machines, and other necessary things.
The two days of a week (i.e. Tuesday and Wednesday) are assigned for famous markets that are Mangal ka Bazaar and Budh Bazaar. Due to these markets the name of their locality is Mohalla Budh Bazar and Mohalla Mangal Bazar. There was also a routine market which starts on every Saturday but it is closed now. There is a post office and a power house in Nowgawan sadat. Famous bank services available in Nowgawan Sadat are Punjab National Bank, Syndicate Bank, Prathama Bank and District Cooperative Bank.

There is also police station and Municipal Corporation in the town. The roads are very smooth and in strong condition. Water supply and electric facility is also good in Nowgawan Sadat. In educational field there is primary school to degree college like New Public School, Sakeena Public School, Khatijatul Kubra School, Jamia-tul-Muntazar Primary School, Fareedi Memorial School, S.A.M. Inter College, Kisan Inter College, Fatima Girls Inter College, Sahas Degree College and many more. There are 3 I.T.I colleges in Nowgawan Sadat also.

One of the major popularity of Nowgawan Sadat is its pioneer religious education. There are four world famous religious school in Nowgawan Sadat that are Babul Ilm, Jamia-tul- Muntazar, Alia Jafariya, and Ansaarul Uloom. You can get more information about these schools on our education page. There are also good medical facilities available in Nowgawan Sadat.

There are more than two government hospitals and Ambulance service in Nowgawan sadat. There 15-20 pharmacy shops in the main market of Nowgawan Sadat. There are 20-25 medical clinics and 200-300 general stores in the town .There is a big strength of mosques , Imambargahs and Peer’s Mazaars in Nowgawan Sadat.

There are almost 70 mosques, 30 Imambargahs, 20-25 peers (Shaheed) situated all over the Nowgawan Sadat. Also there are some ponds and lakes available in the town. The other USPs of the town are its mango orchards, azaadari in the month of moharram and the famous Gajar ka halwa in the winter season.
Nowgawan Sadat has got a distinct place in the world for the month of Muharram. Azaadari (mourning for shaheedan-e-karbala) of this town is very famous in the entire world. People come here in the month of Muharram not from India alone but from all over the world.

For Shia people Nowgawan Sadat is a special place. Azaadari starts from the evening before (chaandraat) the first of Muharram. There are four groups (Anjumans) in Nowagawan Sadat which starts their marches (jaloos) across the streets of the town from chaandraat.

And this routine lasts for almost 2 months and 8 days i.e. until eighth of Rabi-ul-Awwal. But from 1st of Muharram till 10th of Muharram, the special programs are organized which are presented by the above mentioned four groups in their own styles. From the 1st till 10th, all the four groups organized there jaloos (marches) from different Azaakhanas (mourning centers). And there is an arrangement of Ashra-e-Majalis (gathering of people) in each Azaakhanas.

Moharram in Nowgawan Sadat


Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. On the first day of Muharram, the Islamic New Year is observed by Muslims. The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year. Hence it is a little different from the Gregorian calender that is used in the western nations. When compared with the Gregorian calendar, which is a solar calendar, the lunar month of Muharram shifts from year to year. The month of Muharram is of great religious significance to Islamic people the world over. It is held to be the most sacred of all the months, excluding Ramadan.

Following is the description of various programs from 1st to 10th of Muharram in Nowgawan Sadat.

1st of Muharram:
Anjuman yaadgar husainiOn this day Anjuman-e-Yaadgare Husaini, Nowagawan Sadat and Anjuman-e-Sogware Husaini, Nowgawan Sadat makes their jaloos which starts from Syed Asghar Husain sahib bin Syed Fazal Husain sahib Imambarah, Mohalla Paapdi Talaab. It marches across the streets of entire town and ends at the starting point. After the jaloos there is an arrangement of Tabarruk also. In the front of jaloos there are Marsiyekhawans (people who read Marsiya) and Zuljana (portrait of Imam Husain a.s. horse) and after that there are Alams and Taboots and then there are maatami people.There does not perform any Noha Qwani in this date (Nohe Qwani after stop the Juloos)

2nd of Muharram:

Anjuman AbediaThis day Anjuman-e-Abdiya, Nowgawan Sadat makes their jaloos from Imambarah Hateeli. On this date, Janab Niyaz Haider sahib and his colleagues are the Marsiyekhawans. Behind them there is are Maatami people and this jaloos also marches across the streets of Nowagawan Sadat and then ends at Imambarah. In the end Tabarruk is also distributed.In the front of jaloos there are Marsiyekhawans (people who read Marsiya) and Zuljana (portrait of Imam Husain a.s. horse) and after that there are Alams and Taboots and then there are maatami people.T

3rd Muharram:

Anjuman HaidreeOn this day, Anjuman-e-Haidry and Anjuman-e-Sogware Husaini make their jaloos which starts from Masjid Heenga Wali and marches across the streets of the town and ends at the starting point. On this date Moulana Paigamber and his supporters recites Marsiya.On this day, Anjuman-e-Haidry performs Noh-e-Quani at Mohalla Badi Imli as well as Mohalla Shah Fareed.On this day, Anjuman-e-Haidry followed by many Taboots and Zuljanas.There are many children with Alam in this date.

4th Muharram:
Anjuman Yaadgar-e-HusainiThis day is assigned to Anjuman-e-Yaadgare Husaini and it starts the jaloos from Imambarah Ansaariyan, Mohalla Bangla. On this date, Marsiyakhawan is____________.It marches across the streets of entire town and ends at the starting point. In the end, bread (roti) is distributed as a Tabarruk. In the front there are Marsiyekhawans, Taboots and Zuljana and after that there is jaloos of people who are doing Maatam.Juloos performs Nohe Quani at Mohalla Badi Imli and Mohalla Shah Fareed.Mr. Shoyeb Raza, Taqi Abbas, Ayaz Abbas performs the Nohe on that date.

5th Muharram:
On this day, the jaloos is started by Anjuman-e-Abdiya and Anjuman-e-Sogware Husaini from the Imambarah Daulashaheed. On this date, Marsiyekhawan is _______________ and the jaloos marches across all the streets of the town and it ends at the same place. In the end bread is distributed as Tabarruk.

6th Muharram:

On 6th Muharram, Anjuman-e-Haidry makes their jaloos from Imambarah Pukhta Bangla and in this Marsiyekhawan is _______________. Jaloos marches across the streets of Nowgawan Sadat and ends at the starting point. In the end bread is distributed as a Tabarruk.

7th Muharram:
The jaloos of 7th Muharram ends after two marches. The first march starts from the house of Master Mansoor sahab. In the front there are Marsiyekhawans, Taboots and Zuljana and after that there is jaloos of people who are doing Maatam. On this day, Janab Marghoob Abidi sahab recites a famous nauha “Haye Sitam Haye Haye”. After that this jaloos goes to Mohalla Shafreed where people do the Maatam with blade and challa (ring with a blade). After that the jaloos goes to Mohalla Bazaar where Maatam-e-Zanjeer (Maatam with knives hanging in chains) takes place. Then this jaloos marches across the streets of the town and arrive to Imambarah Haji Mohammed Husain, Mohalla Gulah Talaab and ends their first march here. After this the jaloos starts their second march from here and again ends here. In the end bread is distributed as Tabarruk.

8th Muharram:

The jaloos of 8th Muharram starts from Mohalla Katkooi Imambarah. It is the jaloos of Anjuman-e-Abdiya. On this date Marsiyekhawan is Janab ____________, who recite the “Sardaro Alandaar” marsiya. The jaloos starts from Mohallah Katkooi and goes to Mohalla Shorat where the people perform the maatam with blade and challa (ring with a blade). After that the jaloos marches to Mohalla Bazaar and then it goes through the streets of the town and ends at Imambargah where bread is distributed as Tabarruk.

9th Muharram:

On this day the jaloos is organized by Anjuman-e-Haidry starting from Imambarah Syed Tafazzul Husain ibn Syed Noor Mohalla Gulah Talaab. On this date Marsiyekhawan is Janab_____________. This jaloos goes to Mohalla Shahfreed via Mohalla Badi Imli. At his place people perform the maatam with blade and challa (ring with a blade). After that it goes to Mohalla Bazaar where Maatam-e-Zanjeer (Maatam with knives hanging in chains) and Qama (act of cutting head with knives or small swords) takes place. Then the jaloos goes to Mohalla Hafta Bazaar via Mohalla Hathawala. At this place Anjuman-e-Haidry perform “Aag ka Maatam” (people walks bare feet over the burning coal). It is organized by Haider Trust. On this occasion there is an arrangement of Projector for viewing this act. At last this jaloos goes to Imambarah Syed Noor and it ends here. Pulao (a dish of rice) is distributed as a Tabarruk on this day.

10th Muharram:
As we already mentioned that on this day Taaziya is carried by the person who starts their march from Mohalla Hafta Bazaar and then it goes through a specific root and ends its journey at the starting point. All the Anjumans behind the Taaziya goes to Karbala and ends their jaloos. At this place “Tosha” is distributed.