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'''Imamshah Bawa Dargah ([[Urdu]]: امام شاہ باوا درگاہ)''' is a famous [[Shia Islam|Shia]] [[Isma'ilism|Ismaili]] [[Dargah]], in Pirana near the city of [[Ahmedabad]] in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justdial.com/Ahmedabad/Imamshah-Bawa-Dargah-Pirana/079PXX79-XX79-180222141232-W8S4_BZDET|title=Imamshah Bawa Dargah|website=[[Justdial]]|access-date=2024-11-14}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> [[Pir Sadardin|Pir Sadardin Imamshah Bawa]], a Shia Ismaili [[Da'i]] founded the [[Satpanth]] [[Tariqa]] around 600 years ago, and taught tolerance, [[Perennial philosophy|perennialism]] and [[Religious syncretism|syncretism]] of all religions, putting a particular emphasis on the syncretism of [[Islam]] and [[Hinduism]].<ref>{{Cite web |first=Dionne|last=Bunsha|url-access=subscription|title=The chains of Pirana |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/article30224407.ece |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |date=10 September 2004 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=A Dargah's Distortion: How Gujarat's Imamshah Bawa Dargah Was Converted to a Temple Over Time|date=2024-06-19|first=Tarushi|last=Aswani|url=https://thewire.in/communalism/a-dargahs-distortion-how-gujarats-imamshah-bawa-dargah-was-converted-to-a-temple-over-time |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire ]]|language=en}}</ref> The Dargah consisted of a vast complex that contained the [[grave]] of Pir Sadardin, as well as several other graves, and a [[Mosque]] also existed in the complex.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|first=Sohini|last=Ghosh|url-access=subscription|date=2022-01-31 |title=Ahmedabad: Protest over wall on dargah premises |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/ahmedabad-protest-wall-dargah-premises-7749269/ |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref> Until 1931, the complex was the [[private property]] belonging to the direct descendants of [[Pir Sadardin]].<ref name="Shrine">{{Cite news |date=31 Jan 2022 |title=Pirana Shrine Gets Wall, Tension Mounts|location=[[Ahmedabad]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/pirana-shrine-gets-wall-tension-mounts/articleshow/89231876.cms |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=[[The Times of India]]|language=en}}</ref> The complex attracted devotees from [[Religion|religions]] other than Islam, such as Hinduism, and all 18 communities living in village of Pirana, belonging to various different [[Caste system in India|castes]] and religions, all contain devotees of [[Pir Sadardin]].<ref name="Shrine"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pir Imamuddin Kufreshikan (Imamshah Bawa) Pirana Dargah|first=Jitu|last=Mishra|url=https://pirimamshahbawa.org/satpanth-pirana-dargah.html |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=pirimamshahbawa.org |archive-date=2015-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220122912/http://pirimamshahbawa.org/satpanth-pirana-dargah.html|url-status=dead }}</ref> The complex was [[Demolition|demolished]] in the month of May, 2024 by the [[Hindutva|Hindu-right wing]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] led [[Government of Gujarat|state government of Gujarat]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-10 |title=Clash after graves of Sufi saint, kin razed in Ahmedabad, 37 held |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/clash-after-graves-of-sufi-saint-kin-razed-in-ahmedabad-37-held-9319256/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=[[The Indian Express]]|first=Sohini|last=Ghosh |language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706060829/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/clash-after-graves-of-sufi-saint-kin-razed-in-ahmedabad-37-held-9319256/|archive-date=2024-07-06}}</ref> <br />
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[[Category:Dargahs in Gujarat]]<br />
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[[Category:2024 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Islam in Ahmedabad]]<br />
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