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| window of an abandoned Kashmiri Pandit house. Gusamnar Mohalla, Ladhoo village, Pampore Kashmir. “Hari Om” in Urdu. Photo: Ashima Kaul. 2018. |
Presenting photographs of Kashmiri Pandit poets given in “Bahar-e-gulshan-e-Kashmir,” the two volumes containing verses by hundreds of Kashmiri Pandit poets, with each contributor introduced with a brief biographical note. The work was compiled in 1931 and 1932, each running about 900 pages and published from Allahabad under the patronage of Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru. The work has been available online for quite sometime, however this is first time all the photographs from the work are being made available together. [Will be adding notes on the poets over the years as I come across more info. ]
[my mother-in-law, Jiji, who helped with the translation. Any additional notes and corrections are welcome.]
Chandra Bhan Brahman presented by Dara Shikoh to Shahjahan. Dara once asked Brahman to recite in the presence of Shah Jahan the following verse: “So greatly is my heart associated with infidelity, that many a time When I took it to Mecca, it returned a Brahman.”
Dewan Amarnath Madan
Dewan Bramnath Madan
Dewan Manath Madan “Zafri”
Dewan Pandit Radhaynath Koul “Gulshan”
Dewan Pandit Shivnath Koul Muntazar
Pandit Amarnath Hajjin Shaida
Pandit Arzan Nath Mattoo Naushia
Pandit Avtaar Kishan Tickoo “Avtaar”
Pandit Avtaar Krishan Gurtoo
Pandit Avtaarlal Bakaya
Pandit Bhishambar Nath Sapru Sabir
Pandit Brij Kishan Kaul
Pandit Brijlal Nehru Watan
[Cousin of Jawahar Lal Nehru]
Pandit Brijnarayan Chakbast (1882–1926)
“Zara Zara hai mere Kashmir ka mihman-nawaz
Rah men pathar ke tukrun se mila pani mujhe”
Pandit Chand Narayan Raina
Pandit Dayakrishan Topa “Mustar”
Pandit Dharam Chand Kaul Jalaali
Pandit Dinanath Chakan “Mast Kashmiri”
Pandit Dinanath Madan “Muntazar”
Pandit Durga Prasad Mushraan
Pandit Girdarilal Trakroo “Mouzu”
Pandit Harinayan urf Bishambarnath Haaksar
Pandit Iqbal Krishan Sehar
Pandit Jankinath Madan “Bejaan”
Pandit Kailash Narayan Kaul
Pandit Kailash Prasad Nashi
Pandit Kanta Prasad Sukhiya Masroor
Pandit kanwar Gauriprasaad Munshi Hadeem Akbarabadi
Pandit Kashinath Dhar
Pandit Kishan Lal Atal
Pandit Madhav Prasad Kaul Sharga “Dard”
Pandit Maharaj Kishan Sahijean Nadeem
Pandit Mahraaj Narayan Dhar
Pandit Manmohan Kishan Walli
Pandit Mishanbarnath Mushraan
Pandit Motilal Katju
Pandit Nandlal Dhar “Begarz”
Pandit Naranjannath Sahil “Mustaak”
Pandit Omkar Narayan Bakshi
Pandit Ram Nath Agha
Pandit Ratan narayan Dhar “Arsh”
Pandit Roopnarayan Dhar “Masroor”
Pandit Shuban Narayan Haaksar “Zabar”
Pandit Shyam Narayan Mushraan
Pandit Shyamprasad Betaab
Pandit Sri Kishan Koul “Bias”
Pandit Subhan Narayan Dhar
Pandit Swaroop Narayan Raina
Pandit Tej Nath Tickoo “Naaz”
Pandit Tribhuvan Nath Sapru “Hijr”
Pandit Vishwanath Kaul
Pandti Anand Narayan Mulla
Pandit Ajodayaprasad Munshi “betaab”
Pandit Brijmohan Dattatreya “kafi”
Pandit Dayanandan Gajuur “ishrath”
Pandit Harinath Matoo “asi”
Pandit Hridaynarayan Bhan
Pandit Jagjewan Nath Trakroo
Pandit Jagmohan Nath Hakku “fida”
Pandit Jwalaprasad Shanglu “Khursheed”
Pandit Kamtaprasad Kitchloo “kitchloo”
Pandit Kanahiya Lal Haaksar “Murtzghar”
Pandit Kanwar Naranjan Nath Nadan “ishq”
Pandit Kirtakishen Raina Gratoo “aziz”
Pandit Kishorilal Katju “kishore”
Pandit Motilal Hakoo “gowhar”
Pandit Ramnarayan Tikoo “kharad”
Pandit Shivnath Chakk “kaif”
Pandit Shyamnarayan Tikoo “ashiq”
Pandit Swaropnarayan Bhan “asi”
Pandit Tribhavannath Bhan “fariyaad”
Pandit Tribhavannath Aga “hazath”
Pandit Shivnarayan Bhan “hajazz”
Pandit Shivrajnath Koul Bakaya “ashiq”
And there are two ladies too in the list of poets!
Shrimati Pran Kishori Kichlu “Pran”
3 of my ancestors are there in this list of poets.
Amarnath sahibi ‘Shaida’
Iqbal Kishan ‘sehar’
Maharaj Kishan ‘Nadeem’