Description of the attraction
Located in Bangalore City, the capital of Karnataka State, Tawakkal Mastana Tomb is the region's most revered Muslim shrine. It was built about 350 years ago for the burial of the Muslim saint Hazrat Takwal Mastan Shah. This rather small building is a one-story building, painted bright green. The windows are replaced by openwork lattices, traditional for Muslim architecture, and the entrance to the tomb is decorated with a carved border. Inside the walls of the halls I cover graceful bright, mostly floral patterns.
The facility is located in a suburban area and most of the people who regularly come there to pray live nearby. Basically, these are poor, poorly educated people who do not always have enough means to live, but at the same time among them, especially among the representatives of the Hindu community, regardless of religious affiliation, a tradition has developed every day at 4 in the morning to gather and walk around the main building of the tomb, after which they share food with the hungry.
It is also noteworthy that the procession of the famous Hindu festival of Karaga makes a stop at the tomb. According to one of the legends, once during the festival, a man who was carrying Karaga (a structure decorated with flowers, symbolizing the goddess Draupadi), turned to Takwal Mastan for a blessing so that his burden would not fall from his head, as it was considered a terrible blasphemy. A Sufi saint blessed him. Since then, the festival procession has entered the tomb and each time the blessing ritual is repeated.
The tomb of Tawakkal Mastan is open to pilgrims and visitors from 5 am to 11 pm, and after Friday prayer (prayer), fairs are held around 3 pm, which attract a huge number of people. It is also believed that a good wish made in the tomb will definitely come true.
