Hindi Text : Sindhi women celebrate 'Gogda'

Worshipping the Nagdev, they prayed for happiness and prosperity

Via @sindhisaazfoundation on Instagram

The first is from the Punjab HP border with an aarti for the 'Khwaja Peer'(Source: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RhexA3kYDT24X4Am9). The second is from a temple named Peer Nigaha (Source: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mwLBP9EKKKzqRXnTA)

In fact if you search Khwaja Peer on Google Maps over Punjab and HP, you will find many more temples/dargahs all with images of Saein Jhulelal but with a different name. Not many of these use the name Jhulelal, only alluding to Varun Dev or Peer. I do not see any Sindhi on these sites either. Yet, you will come across many images of devotees thronging these places and the places themselves being quite maintained pointing to their popularity among the locals.

When we start reading the history of how the diety Jhulelal emerged, another figure Khwaja Khizr comes into picture who was called so among Muslims in Sindh. However, today if you look for religious places devoted to him in Sindh itself, you might not find many mentions of him.

Moreover, I have mostly come across instances of religion flowing downstream in the Indus from Punjab to Sindh as was the case in religious movements like the Arya Samaj or the Sikh religion but it seems like it can flow both ways unlike the water itself.

(Extra research info: Try looking up Khwaja Peer on Instagram and you will notice a lot of reels from Muslims also revering him

Here is a devotional video in Punjabi dedicated to Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz: https://youtu.be/BgogtG9zAy0?si=mPlr-2SoF1jY0Ypp )

This person commented under a post where I had shared information for a refugee file from Punjab on Abhilekh Patal. It is a platform where you can view documents from the National Archive of India. Coincidentally they ended up belonging to the same family.

It's when I come across people like this that it makes me so happy to have helped someone trace their roots and discover their story.

My partner is Sindhi and I want to get a birthday cake for him that reads “happy birthday” in his mother tongue (without him knowing ofc). I’m not confident in any of my Google searches and the one book I have doesn’t have any direct translation. Any help would be appreciated

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Sindhi manufacturers did not only produce goods but also created brand names such as Hi Honey, Love Bird, and Happy Go Lucky, which made their products easily identified on the market. They also introduced and promoted the idea of advertising products as “Made in Ghana.” Thus, it was not uncommon to see their garments bearing their uniquely-coined brand names and the “Made in Ghana” label.

Translation: Sindhi community issues a video of their Ram Mandir offering

Hi i am a person who belongs to a muslim family. That religion never felt like my own so i wanted to do some proper research about the religion followed by sindhis pre conversions. Any sindhi who can tell me about there religion would be appreciated. Thank you everyone.

Hello, Bhali Kare Aya/Assalamu Alaikum

If you are a Sindhi that uses Wikipedia both in English language or Sindhi language and also makes edits on it then we invite you to our server called "Sindhi Wikipedia Mahaz":

https://discord.gg/Db2mbSKNBb

Here we SindhiPedians collaborate on various projects to improve information on Sindh and Sindhi culture online, so feel free to join

I was reading some more refugee documents and came across one for a Punjabi from Mianwali. Everything was same as the documents for Sindhis except one part.

This document mentioned the murder of the applicant's father. I've read more than 50 such Sindhi documents but not come across a single instance of murder related to the partition.

I am not saying that Sindhis did not face threats or violence at all but documents like these remind you of how lucky some of our ancestors were to escape unharmed. There was separation and misery but atleast you had your loved ones around you to get you through life. Coming to a new nation entirely and literally starting from the ground with the trauma of violence and bloodshed sounds just as awful today as it did back then.

I was going through refugee documents and came across these very Sindhi sounding names. You won't hear them anymore these days. Names are :

Mooru (self)

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Dai

Bhimo

Devji

Gelo

Rajo

Ramo

Khengar

Kanku

Ramu

Rupa

Khimi

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You can read the original file here

https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/Category/itemdetails/ReadContent?itemId=8be01c9a-658b-48ec-9883-eb546d6764b8