This sediment washed delta called Bangladesh is also known as the country of the Auil- Auliya-Pir-Fakir-dervishes. Many monasteries, religious priests, came from Arab countries to preach Islam. They are popularly known as Pir, Dervish and Auliya. They have shrines in almost every forests and urban areas. It is not understandable why they chose the mountain forests and city areas to preach religion. Surely there was some relatable reasons. A large part of the human population in the world believes in the religion of Islam. They believe in monotheism. This religion was born in an Arab country. Prophet Mohammad (SAW) got the responsibility of preaching this to the people. However, his area of preaching was limited and limited to the Arab region. After his opiation, the Arabs erudites became divided into numerous groups and traveled to different parts of the world. They spread the boundaries of propagating Islam. Several groups of them have arrived in the Indian subcontinent. Leaders of these groups are known as Pir, Auliya or Dervish in the subcontinent. Shrines of these Pir, Auliya and Dervish are there in many ares of India and Bangladesh. Grave of these Auliya’s and Dervis’s can be found in Bangladesh’s Bagerhat, Sylhet, Chittagong and Dhaka and in almost every district of the country. These graves are called shrines. Many areas of India are famous for the shrines of Pir-Auliya. My intention is to write about the shrines of Bangladesh. What actually happens in all those shrines? The shrines they are called, were they really any religious priests? They came to this country from far away Arabs for the purpose of propagating Islam, not for any other purpose. There is no reason for minimum suspision in this regard. From this view, these shrines are sacred. But these shrines have now become a haven for non- Islamic activities. One class of devotees has turned the shrines into immoral business centers. The shrines that Pir-Aulia used to preach religion while alive, the shrines that were used to spread this religion, have now become the destroyers of Islam, which is being carried out in the name of Islam. A section of ordinary Muslims of this country, who have limited knowledge of the religion, run in the shrine of their favorite peers for the purpose of easing the danger or the attainment of something. Going to the shrine in hopes of fulfilling hope, blindness in religion is largely responsible. Going to the shrines, it is to ask for something to be saved near the majar residents, the mnd can be fulfilled, a class of people with religious disabilities believe in it. And by capitalizing on this belief, a class of fraudulent deceptive people has opened up unetnican businesses. There are two things they are unknowingly losing without their consent by getting victimized of the fraudsters-imposters. 1. Faith, 2. Money. Many times women have to lose the sacred dignities too. One thing I do not understand is how does a buried person have the power to benefit a human being? I’m sure they don’t have the capacity. No possibilities are to be anything like that. Since they were men. It is foolish to believe that the cemetery remains of the Pir-Fakir possess miraculous power even after their death. Belief in the believer will be questionable, even there is a hundred percent possibility of losing their fidelity. The person Tying in the grave, no matter if he is a Pir or Auliya, he is relieved of all the earthly responsibilities from the very moment he dies. He possesses no further earthly or supernatural powers. They cannot be. The Pir, Dervishes, Auliyas only used to preach the religion of Islam. They did not possess any supernatural powers. The stories of different religious preacher that was propagated, those are mostly erroneous, weird and fabricated. Those are nothing but made ups in the purpose of deception. After the death of those erudite, one class of people propagated those folklore untrue stories, only to allure people. After those stories get believed by the persons with religious disabilities, the illegal shrines centric businesses have been started. Muslims as well Hindus along with the people of other religions without religious knowledge visits the shrines of peers in groups. They ask for immunity, children, attainment of something and relieves from danger by visiting shrines. Some of them offer shinni. Some offers hotchpotch. They alight Agarbati and candles in the shrines. They flirts the so called servants of the shrines. Some used to prostrate in the grave. There are the gatherings for weed in some shrines. Men and women commonly inhales weed and performs the spiritual obscene songs and dances. The news of prostitutions is also found. The shrine resident as well as the resident of the graveyard of the shrine is known to the devotees as ‘father’. It is not only foolish to believe that a grave person can benefit or harm a living person, but also anti-religious. At the shrine, to whom vow is made, money is given, children are sought, relief from danger, he even does not listen, he cannot pray to the Creator. Salvation is far from over. The beneficiaries are those who are doing businesses centered on the shrines. If Islam had agreed to give money, agarbati, candles in the shrine, then a huge hill would have been built on the graves of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) with money, ashes of agarbati and wax.avowal can easily relieve from the dangers, the hopes of theThere are so many funny stories about shrines there in the Bengali societies. Here is story- Tong ago there used to be weekly market sit away from the village. That was may be two mile, three mile or more far than that. The marketers used to go there by 1oot. They carried goods in their head to sell in the market. On the way there were one or more big banyan trees. Being tired, many of them used to rests in the shades of those banyan trees. In such a day of market, a marketer was going to sell rice in the market carrying in a basket (especially cane made baskets). He was tired on the way, carrying a heavy load. He sat down to rest in the shade of such a banyan tree by putting down his basket beside the road. There was some poop of dogs there near the place of his resting. He could have smell the bad odor from that. The marketer was too tired that he didn’t want to move and sit. He covered the poop with some rice of his two handfuls so that the bad smell can be avoided. He left after sometime of rest. After some time, an eggplant seller came to rest. He saw the small amount of rice and thought; it may be the tradition to put some products here that are carried upon to sell in the market. From this thought, he put some eggplant there and started his journey again. Likewise, the radish seller, other vegetable seller along with fruit sellers, nut sellers every one left some products there after their rests and go to the market again. Before dusk, an imposter was passing the road. His destination was also that market. Seeing a bunch of different things underneath the banyan tree, a naughty thought played on his head. He hung a red velvet and wear a red velvet himself. He propagated, this is the Shrine of Dog Shit. And he is the servant of that shrine. The shrine begins to get built. Triangular flags have been flown in the four sides of that. The number of the accompanier of the imposter used to increased. Many people of different class-profession and religion came to take the blessings of the father. From then, dogs poop is the Shrine of Dog Shit.
Ruksana Rahman