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Pethmakhama
Pethmakhama is a village in Budgam district, in the Indian administrative union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. It falls under the administrative division of tehsil Magam. It is famous for the shrine of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani who stayed at various places in and around Kashmir and one example is Pethmakhama where he prayed for around two months.https://mykashmirvalley.wordpress.com/history-of-kashmir/ The stone on which he prayed there, has the marks of praying on it miraculously and is preserved at Aasar-i-Shareef Pethmakhama. The shrine also hosts beard hair as one of the holy Relics of Muhammad which is displayed to the devotees every year on the auspicious occasion of Mehraj ul Alam and other festivals. Pethmakhama is irrigated throughout the year by Sukhnag River, River Sukhnag which is a tributary of Jhelum River and various springs in the village. Demographics According to the 2011 Census of India, 621 families reside in Pethmakhama, ...
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Aasar-i-Shareef Pethmakhama
The Aasar-i-Shareef Pethmakhama, (Kashmiri language, Kashmiri:آثارِ شريف پيتہ مَكهَوُم) popularly called Ziyarat Makhama ("Makhama Shrine"), is a Dargah, Muslim shrine located in Pethmakhama, Magam, Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu and Kashmir, India. It contains a relic, ''Moi-e-Muqqadas'', which is widely believed to be the hair of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It is situated at Pethmakhama which is nearest to Magam Town of Budgam District and is considered to be one of the Kashmir's holiest Muslim shrine. Aasar-i-Shareef is a two-storey building with four minarets and one central dome built on typical Kashmiri style of rooftop woodwork. The building can host approximately 2000 people at a time for prayers. It has a small mosque connected internally with the shrine building. There were 3 major Platanus orientalis, Chinar trees in and around the shrine but one of them was later halved and remains there without branches. The courtyard of the shrine i ...
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Rathsoon
Rathsun or Rathsoon is a village and block located in the Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district. It is situated at the base of the Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas. It falls under the administrative division of tehsil Beerwah one of the nine tehsils of district Budgam. It is about 23.7 km (14.7 miles) via Beerwah-Budgam Road from district headquarters Budgam, 7 km (4.3 mi) from sub-district headquarters Beerwah, known as the Gateway of Doodhpathri and Gateway of Tosamaidan, and 29 km (18 mile) away from Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. Magam, known as the Business Hub of Budgam district and the Gateway of Gulmarg, is nearest town to Rathsun which is approximately away. The Sukhnag (''Sokhanag'') River, known locally as the ''spring of solace'', passes through Rathsun. Geography The total geographical area of village is . It is located at an elevation of 1,595 m (5,232 ft) above the sea level. The landscape, mostly the ...
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Sukhnag River
The Sukhnag River (Koshur:سۄکھٔ ناگ آرٕ)is one of the major tributaries of the River Jhelum located in Budgam District in the Kashmir Valley in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It originates in the Tosa Maidan locale of Pir Panjal Range and has a length of . Origin There are several streams originating at the top of the Tosa Maidan locale, all of which join to form the Sukhnag river. Ahij canal and Lar canal originate from Sukhnag river which irrigate various areas of district Budgam. The river passes through Arizal, Peth Zanigam, Buna Zanigam, Sail, Beerwah, Rathsun, Pethmakhama, Hanji-Bough, Mazhama, Kawoosa, Narbal Narbal is a tehsil in central Kashmir's Beerwah sub-district. It is also a block in Budgam district in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is away from sub-district headquarter Beerwah and away from Srinagar, ..., Daslipora, Palhalan Ghat, Nowgam Jheel villages. References {{coord missi ...
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Badran, India
Badran is a village located in district Budgam in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Geography Badran is a large village located in tehsil Magam in district Budgam in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is away from Srinagar, the summer capital of the Jammu and Kashmir. Some of the nearby villages are Adina, Goigam, Kanihama (famous for Kani Shawl), Tarhama, Pethmakhama, etc. Demography According to 2011 census of India, the population of village Badran is 4,036. However the population of children with age 0-6 is 814 which makes up 20.17% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Badran village is 927 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Badran as per census is 902, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862. Education According to census of 2011, literacy rate of Badran village was 60.83% compared to 67.16% of Jammu and Kashmir. In Badran male literacy stands at 68.01% while female ...
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Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani
Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani ( fa, میر سید علی همدانی; CE) was a Persian scholar, poet and a Sufi Muslim saint of the Kubrawiya order. He was born in Hamadan, Iran and preached Islam in Central Asia and Kashmir as he travelled to practice Sufism. He died in Kashmir and was buried in Khatlan, Tajikistan in 1384 CE, aged 71–72. Hamadani was also addressed honorifically throughout his life as the ''Shāh-e-Hamadān'' ("King of Hamadan"), ''Amīr-i Kabīr'' ("the Great Commander"), and ''Ali Sani'' ("second Ali"). Early life The title "Sayyid" indicates that he was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, possibly from both sides of his family. Hamadani spent his early years under the tutelage of Ala ud-Daula Simnani, a famous Kubrawiya saint from Semnan, Iran. Despite his teacher's opposition to Ibn Arabi's explication of the ''wahdat al-wujud'' ("unity of existence"), Hamadani wrote ''Risala-i-Wujudiyya'', a tract in defense of that doctrine, as well as two ...
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Kanihama
Kanihama, formerly known as Gund Kawarhama, is a village situated on the Srinagar-Gulmarg road in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir in India. The Kani Shawls produced in the area were given a geographical indication status by the government of Jammu and Kashmir, making it illegal to sell shawls made outside of the Kanihama area as Kani shawls. Kanihama is surrounded by Narbal Block towards east, Magam Block towards west, Pattan Block towards north, Badgam Block towards South. This place is near the border of the Budgam and Baramulla district. Kanihama was given a status of handloom village by the government of Jammu and Kashmir as the village is primarily known for its handloom products like Pashmina Shawal, Kani Shawl, etc. all over the globe. Under the project the village is being beautified and developed to encourage the tourism. A public school was established in 2015. See also * Gogjigund * Ichgam * Budgam * Srinagar Srinagar (English: , ) is the largest cit ...
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Aripanthan
Aripanthan is a village and panchayat halqa in Beerwah tehsil of Budgam district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated at the centre of tehsil Beerwah and tehsil Magam. It is located about west from summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar and about north from district headquarters in Budgam. Geographical location Aripanthan is located between latitude 34.061°N and longitude 74.575°E at the base of Pir Panjal range. It has an average elevation of above mean sea level in Mumbai. It is surrounded by plains to the north, east, south, and orchard hills from west. The landscape is made up of plateau-like terraces known as ''karewas.'' The total area of village is . Demography India Census, Aripanthan has a total population of 5,268, out of which males are 2,739 and females are 2,529 in number. Total population in the age group of 0–6 years is 1,044, out of which males are 606 and females 438 in number. As of 2011 census Aripanth ...
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Budgam
Budgam (), known as Badgom (; ) in Kashmiri language, Kashmiri, is a town in Budgam district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, India. In the 2001 census, it was recorded as having a notified area committee,This gives the population of Budgam [Badgam] N.A.C. in the 2001 census as 15,932 (10,948 male, 4,984 female), with 1,002 aged 0-6 (491 male, 511 female), and 10,894 literates (8,816 male, 2,078 female). but by the 2011 census it had a municipal committee. Demographics India census, Budgam had a population of 15,338. There were 9,003 males (59%) and 6,335 females (41%). Of the population, 1,335 (8.7%) were age 0-6: 680 males (51%) and 655 females (49%). The literacy rate for the people over six was 73.0% (males 84.3%, females 56.4%). About 25℅ of the Muslim population of Budgam district belong to Shia sect. Transport Road Budgam is connected with National Highway 444 (India), National Highway 444 to rest of India. Ra ...
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Suni Islam
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word ''Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagreement over the succession to Muhammad and subsequently acquired broader political significance, as well as theological and juridical dimensions. According to Sunni traditions, Muhammad left no successor and the participants of the Saqifah event appointed Abu Bakr as the next-in-line (the first caliph). This contrasts with the Shia view, which holds that Muhammad appointed his son-in-law and cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor. The adherents of Sunni Islam are referred to in Arabic as ("the people of the Sunnah and the community") or for short. In English, its doctrines and practices are sometimes called ''Sunnism'', while adherents are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis, Sunnites and Ahlus Sunnah. Sunni Islam is sometimes referred to ...
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Female
Female (Venus symbol, symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ovum, ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the Sperm, male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and males are results of the anisogamous reproduction system, wherein gametes are of different sizes, unlike isogamy where they are the same size. The exact mechanism of female gamete evolution remains unknown. In species that have males and females, Sex-determination system, sex-determination may be based on either sex chromosomes, or environmental conditions. Most female mammals, including female humans, have two X chromosomes. Female characteristics vary between different species with some species having pronounced Secondary sex characteristic, secondary female sex characteristics, such as the presence of pronounced mammary glands in mammals. In humans, the word ''female'' can also be used to refer to gender i ...
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