{"id":188,"date":"2017-03-23T19:22:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T13:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/?page_id=188"},"modified":"2020-10-30T21:16:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T15:46:06","slug":"the-patron-saint-of-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/?page_id=188","title":{"rendered":"The Patron Saint of Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Sheikh Nur-ud-Din Wali<\/b> <RA>, the fifteenth-century mystic popularly called <i>Sheikh-ul-Alam,  Alamdar-e-Kashmir<\/i> (the Standard Bearer of Kashmir) or <i>Nund-Rishi<\/i>, was the founder of the Rishi order. His influence was such that he is considered as the living symbol of Kashmir and the guiding light of its people.<\/p>\n<p>As a saint, revolutionary, patriot and poet he has exerted enormous influence on the beliefs and thinking of the people of Kashmir through five centuries, establishing a culture of utmost religious tolerance with an abiding faith in the omnipresence of God. <\/p>\n<p>Although he could neither read nor write he spontaneously uttered verses, called <i>&#039;Shruks&#039;<\/i> in which he spoke of the transitoriness of life and its pleasures, and exhorted people to cultivate self-discipline and piety. These shruks have become proverbial and form the basis of two works called the <b>Rishi Nama<\/b> and <b>Nur Nama<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p>One of his most famous sayings that has gained relevance through the centuries is: <\/p>\n<p><i>&#039;An poshi teli yeli wan poshi&#039; <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Food will suffice only till forests survive<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We can therefore consider him as one of history&#039;s earliest conservationists. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/images\/chrar.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The tomb of Alamdar-e-Kashmir at Chrar-e-Sharif, 28 Kms southwest of Srinagar, is revered by people of all religions. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/images\/sign.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><i>Repost from KeY. Some material courtesy G N Gauhar.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/images\/key.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheikh Nur-ud-Din Wali , the fifteenth-century mystic popularly called Sheikh-ul-Alam, Alamdar-e-Kashmir (the Standard Bearer of Kashmir) or Nund-Rishi, was the founder of the Rishi order. His influence was such that he is considered as the living symbol of Kashmir and the guiding light of its people. As a saint, revolutionary, patriot and poet he has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-188","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1363,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188\/revisions\/1363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}