Hindu Acharya As Ambassador of Hussaini Philosophy

By Dr.Mazhar Naqvi

Acharya Pramod Krishnan can easily be described as the most celebrated carrier of inter-faith understanding over Karbala Revolution in modern India where the relation between Hindus and Muslims has remained somewhat strained for the past three decades. A highly reputed scholar of Hindu mythology, Acharya even contested election from Lucknow, unofficial headquarters of Shia Muslims in India, not to win but to promote harmony. He makes it a point to attend any congregation organized anywhere in India to recall the martyrdom of Imam Hussain. He had delivered a much publicized speech at Dargah-E-Shah Mardan in New Delhi after the infamous incident of Dadri that had brought the two major communities at loggerhead.  

Attending the function organized by Anjuman-E-Haidery as a keynote speaker Acharya had extolled the sacrifices made by Imam Husain, saying that he showed what Islam stood for. “Just as the Dadri incident is not the real face of Hinduism, in the same way, the activities of the Islamic State are not the real face of Islam. No one who believes in Islam, and Imam Husain, can commit such acts,” he said, to thunderous applause from the thousands present at, and around, the Dargah.

The loudest cheer from the crowd came when he said that he too was a ‘Husaini’, someone who believed in Husain. He stressed on the fact that Indian Muslims need not prove their love for India to anyone, since this country belonged to them as much as it did to anyone else who lived here. At various points during his speech, the crowd broke into loud chants and Krishnan too joined them.

Anjuman-e-Haideri also passed a resolution which called upon the “International Community to take ‘all necessary measures’ to prevent and suppress its (ISIS) terrorist acts on its territory under its control in Syria and Iraq.

For the people present at the Dargah, this was not only to commemorate the sacrifice of Imam Husain; it was also a way to show that they too stood against the activities of ISIS. Acharya called upon people to show those who love Imam Husain would never endorse the activities of ISIS. Pramod Krishnan was born on January 4, 1965 in the Tyagi family of Aichoda Kamvoho village in Sambhal. In the name of God Kalki Avatar, the predominance of Lord Vishnu's 10th and final incarnation has been predicted in the beliefs of Hinduism. According to this, in Kalyug, Lord Vishnu will be born as Kalki in Sambhal of Uttar Pradesh. According to calculations, this incarnation will be in the 4,320th century. Along with this, Kalyug will end. Pramod Krishnan is also living in Sanbhal, so he chose Lord Kalki to run an ashram and calls himself “Kalki Pithadishwar’. He has also served as parliamentarian and accused of having embraced Islam out of his sheer devotion to Masoomeen (AS).

In the past one decade, Acharya has delivered lectures on the life and deeds of not only Imam Hussain but also eulogized Bibi Fatima Zehra and Maula Ali at the functions held in Manglore, Kanpur, Bangalore, Lucknow and several other places. He is a gifted poet as well and penned down rhymes in praise of Imam Hussain. His best composition is said to be “Har Aankh Ka Chamakta Hua Tara Hussain Hai”(Hussain is sparkling light of each Eye).(References available on request-Photo Courtesy-Google Images)