A.R. Rahman visits Pedda Dargah

Oscar and Grammy Award winning composer A.R. Rahman, along with writer Abbas Tyrewalla, singer Naresh Iyer, lyricist Raqeeb Alam and their family members, visited Ameen Peer Dargah in Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh) on Monday midnight and offered prayers.

Their visit coincided with the Hazrath Khwaja Syed Sha Ameenullah Hussaini Urs, which commenced late on Monday night. Rahman’s wife Saira Banu, mother Mallika, sister Fathima and brother-in-law Talat accompanied the composer. They stayed in the Pedda Dargah from midnight to about 4.45 a.m. The film personalities reached the Dargah, popularly known as “Pedda Dargah” around midnight.

The celebrities presented a flower chaddar on Ameenullah Malik’s tomb and offered prayers. They took the blessings of Dargah’s 11th Sajjad-e-Nasheen Hazrath Khwaja Syed Sha Arifullah Mohammed Mohammed-ul Huissaini Quadri. The Sajjad-e-Nasheen took them round the Dargah and explained about its religious and historical background.