A bit from Shekhar Kapur's blog on this experience :) : AR Rahman and I at Ajmer Dargah Shariff of Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti I want to thank A R Rahman for taking me to Ajmer to visit The Dargah Sherriff of Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti. It was my first visit and going with AR Rahman made the visit even more amazing. It is very difficult and perhaps not right to write or express the feelings unless one has had time to live with them for a while. Rahman and I were working in the music of Paani when on the way back to Mumbai I found myself sitting next to him on the flight when I had just said bye to him ! He was going to Ajmer and asked if I would come and of course I went. I saw that as a sign for the beginings of Paani. My only regret is that I was not there for the early morning Qwaali.
http://www.shekharkapur.com/blog/archives/2009/11/ar_rahman_and_i.htm ________________________________ From: Sreekrishnan R <rahmanfe...@yahoo.co.uk> To: "We, the fans !" <arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sat, November 21, 2009 12:57:51 PM Subject: [arr] Rahman, Resul Pookutty visit Ajmer dargah http://www.ptinews. com/news/ 388031_Rahman- -Pookutty- visit-Ajmer- dargah Ajmer, November 21 (PTI) Oscar Award winners, musician AR Rahman and sound technician Resul Pookutty visited the Dargah of Moinuddin Chisty here today. Accompanied by acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapoor, the award winning duo offered a 'Chadar' at the shrine. Rahman and Pookutty who won the coveted Academy award for their work in the film 'Slumdog Millionaire' said that there is need to start an awareness campaign to clean up the religious places in the country, including those in Ajmer. They also took part in the 'Dastarbandi' ritual after which they went to Anjuman Office and saw the 'Jhalra' water tank in the dargah premise. Rahman fever His Music ~ My Mother Tongue ________________________________ The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. __________________________________________________________________ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca
