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The Hindu Sufis of South Asia: Partition, Shrine Culture and the Sindhis in India

The Hindu Sufis of South Asia: Partition, Shrine Culture and the Sindhis in India

Hardcover

Series: Library of Islamic South Asia

IslamAnthropologyIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 1788315316
ISBN13: 9781788315319
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: Sep 5 2019
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

Within the complex religious landscape of modern India, the community of Sindh stands out as a powerful example of interfaith relations. This Hindu community moved to India and practiced Sufism following Sindh's inclusion to Pakistan in the 1947 partition. Drawing on a close analysis of literature and poetry, interviews with key informants, and a reading of historic rituals and architectures, Michel Boivin demonstrates that this active religious minority has managed to retain its unique Hindu-Sufi identity amidst the rigidification of official religions in both India and Pakistan. Of particular significance, Boivin argues, was the creation of sacred spaces called darbars. These shrines include a religious building where the Hindu Sindhis worship Sufi saints, chant Sufi poetry and perform Sufi rituals.

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