I start a new set at Flickr a very lengthy series Ajmer Urus 2009 , 3 cards of 4 GB each.. shot in two days , I had a 16 GB card too, but I did not use it, the reason being photography is totally banned within the precincts of the Dargah..

Permission is given on the whims of the Dargah authorities..the criteria of color is important ..racism exists in Holy Places too..

I applied for permission, presented my Press Card , my Pan Card two photographs, but as you see I dont look like a photographer so it was turned down as the Dargah authorities give permission to a white man first, the Indian photographer is deemed a terrorist according to the mind set of the people in charge..dogs and Indian photographers are not allowed at the Ajmer Sharif Urus..

My Belgian photographer friend was lucky enough to get the permission.

I have continuously stayed at the house of Peersaab Fakhru Miya Hujra no 6 my host, benefactor and patron every trip that I made to Ajmer Urus from 2005 to 2009, ..and I have shot Ajmer with the sincerity of my soul and Ajmer is my pictorial gospel, of the Message of Peace as expounded in love and brotherhood by the Holy Saint Khwajah Gharib Nawaz Moinuddin Chishty Al Sabri.

I call this Tablike Khwajah Gharib Nawaz..his message of humanity, this is the only Shrine that has millions of pilgrims from all over the world..no bar on caste color or community ..Hindus throng to seek the Holy Saints blessings you ask for a single wish he extends it to your unborn child too, such is the bounty of the Khwajah Gharib Nawaz.

I am not an adherent of Sufism,but I am touched by the Holy Saint who beckons me year after year, I am going through very bad times in my business this trip was not happening, but he pulled me across ..I shot for two days that made a moment seem like a life time.

I hold no grudge towards the Dargah authorities , but I would like to display my inner hurt publicly so one can read in black and white, as in some cases Indian photographers are allowed at the Dargah with cameras and arc lights only if Katrina Kaif comes in as she generates the hoopla for commercialism in spirituality.

This is Truth as I see it..and it should hurt those whom the cap fits..

81669 pictures at display on my Flickr photostream, of all religions I have shot , is my testimony as a blogger showing you a world within the narrow corridors of another world.

This year I shot the Hijras . I shot the Malangs at the graveyards of Char Yar, I shot the Bawas of Char Yar.,.I shot the gemstone markets, the beggars, Dhai Din Ka Jhopda, and on the last day shot a Mehfil on the eve of Chatti on the terrace of the house of my host Peersaab Fakhru Miya Hujra No 6 one of the specil spontaneous events was the Whirring Dervesh of Ajmer a sight you normally dont see in public but at privately..

I had traveled barefeet and remained barefeet till I reached Mumbai this morning at 7 am..my feet bled , I could barely walk, but I knew I would overcome the frailty of my flesh.I removed shards off glass in the evening from my tortured feet, and I did not carry my diabetic medicine or my insulin syringe at Ajmer , I felt if I come to a Spiritual Healer like Khwajah Gharib Nawaz why must I carry medicines , his love and affection protected me at all times.

I have a vardan of Hijras they cross my path at all times ..I must mention this significant detail..

I was boarding the train for Ajmer I was accosted by Hijras of Gharib Nagar Bandra ..and when I got off at Bandra Terminus I met hijras from Bombasy Central, who touched my feet and asked me to bless them..

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it is not religion

But a racist system that

I curse .

wounds on my soul

an inner angst I nurse

humility the only currency

to reimburse

spirituality sometimes

is bartered for a purse

With Arriva Kent & Surrey restructuring their routes around Sevenoaks in March 2018 using cheaper to operate Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, Go-Coach took the difficult decision to withdraw route 452 from Seal and Kemsing after Saturday 14th April 2018.

Go-Coach 5007 YN53 SUF is seen turning into Castle Drive from Knave Wood Road, Kemsing whilst working route 452. Saturday 14th April 2018.

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Farukh Baba is another stylish , dynamic Sufi Rafaee, his movements are as speedy as Don Jaun Baba .Both together are fluid in their movements, Farukh Baba uses a steel pointed toy with chains , to penetrate his eye balls..

I love shooting pictures of both these photogenic and graceful bawas..

In North Burnaby on Vancouver’s boundary. A beautifully designed and maintained building.

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I have made Thee the Companion of my heart

But my body is available for those who seek its company,

And my body is friendly towards its guests,

But the Beloved of my heart is the Guest of my soul

-- Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya

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Documenting #Sufism last 25 years ..

Rafaees

Banwas

Chishtiyas

Qalandaris

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Sabris

Nizami's

Warsis

Makhdoomiya

Madarriya Malangs

Snake cult Sufis

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This is the Rheinwald valley as seen from above. The river that flows through this valley is the Hinterrhein, one of the two arms of the Rhine.

Go-Coach 5007 YN53 SUF is seen skirting Otford Pond whilst working route 421 from Swanley to Sevenoaks. Thursday 28th December 2017.

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I started shooting Sufism about 25 years back at Mahim ..I shot the bawas of

Chancawalli Rafaees at Mahim Dhuni ,,,thanks to late Sikandar Wali Baba .

He introduced me to Ismail Shah Baba Dargah Parel ..Maula Ali Dargah Dharavi

Also Haji Malang Dargah near Kalyan..

They pierced their bodies and got alms to sustain themselves ..though I had an

expensive camera round my neck and barefeet dressed like them..mostly women

gave me alms asking me to bless I gave all the money Igot to the Murshad .

I destroyed my ego my self esteem..by this act.. I had begged eaten leftovers

at the Kumbh Melas with my Naga Guru late Shri Vijay Giri Maharaj Juna Akhara .

Begging is the path of the fakir ...I learnt a lot ...

Than a few year back I began documenting the Qadri Rafaee Silsila in Mumbai thanks to

Nasir Bhai rafaee Dongri... he introduced me to the Rafaee dargahs in my city and in

Bilimora Gujrat I think I shot over 265 videos of this order .

I moved out of Makanpur ,,completely I was ordained as a Khalifa of the Madarriya Silsila

by Syed Masoom Ali Baba Asqan Madari according to him about 400 people drank the pyala after

seeing my videos and became his Murid mostly foreigners .

So though I moved out I have the highest respect for this 109 year old Sufi monk...but the person

that calls me Maulaie and is my Pir Bhai is my Murshid Syed Rafiq Ali Baba Asqan Madari Masoomi .

We are in touch via phone .

I moved out of Ajmer too...here it was Pir Sab Fakhru Miya and his son Gaddi Nashin Farid Miya who

helped me document the Chishtiya Silsila ..

In 2017 I walked with the Malangs from Delhi to Ajmer on foot 550 km in 13 days this was a great spiritual

journey and documentary I shot 100 videos of this pilgrimage called Chadiyan....

I met every Sufi order but got close to the Qalandaris of Haji Massom Ali Baba Qalandari of Bu Shah

Qalandar Panipat I am very close to his son Mehtab.

And here to the gentleman on this platform who wants me to document Banwas I did shoot them they were from Hindwani doing the Chadiyan walk like me from Delhi to Ajmer ...the head being Chaman Ali Sai..there are a few in Mumbai but I am not close to them...my interest is

Badi Gaddi Rafaee Silsila ..

I have passionately documented the Siddi Bilali Silsila visited the Holy Saints dargah at Ratanpur close to Baruch

these are AfroIndian Sufis they hardly mix around ..I am very close to a few Siidis like Shakil Imran Najir ..

I am a Shia Muslim but I have shot and documented the Sufis passionately ...

My very dear close friend 2005 brother poet and Sufi of the Mevlana Order of Konya was Late John Dixon

from London ..he was called Howling Dervish..he introduced me to his Order and we were to meet in Mumbai

he died before he could make his cherished trip to India.

Today on the internet we have highly elitist Sufis sofa couch Sufis cut away from the humility of the Sufi

Holy Saints ,, some have made it a profitable source of income ..they quote Rumi expound their wisdom..but

it is all about big fat bucks ..

I have moved away from such hollow entities ..

I shoot grass root Sufism of the common man of India ,,, the poor the homeless and the needy who

though penniless walk miles to place their heads at the Asthana of the Holy Saints all over India.

“A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed,

cut holes in it, and called it a human being.

Since then, it's been wailing a tender agony

of parting, never mentioning the skill

that gave it life as a flute”

― Rumi Jalalu'l-Din