Peerla Panduga

Peerla Pandugu

Peerla Panduga is a festival celebrated by Muslims in the Telangana State to avert sectarian conflict & in Rayala Seema region of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a celebrated across the Sufi shrines called as Ashurkhana. A procession of the relic, called as Alam is taken out as a part of Muharram. There may be multiple relics donated by various members of the procession. Some villages in Telangana have relics that have been donated through generation by the members of the same family (Nasarla Palle, Telangana).

Traditionally for many centuries, the Sunni Islamic scholars who are called as "Islamic peer" would encourage their followers to wear costumes and dance & celebrate the day in which they happened to kill Imam Hussain(Grandson of Prophet(pbuh)).

On this day the followers of the Hon.Imam Hussain mourn the slaughter of their leader.

The conflict & violence happens becoz of clashes between these 2 groups called the Sunni(killers of Hussain) & Shia(followers of Imam Hussain)> and the way they observe this day called as the Muharram.

In Hyderabad & in Telangana over the past few decades is celebrated a festival called as "PEERLA PANDAGA" wherein the Sunni dance with costumes & the Shia injure their body during Muharram.

The Peerla Pandaga was later misquoted by successive Congress & secular regimes as a festival of religious Hindu-muslim harmony while in truth > it is actually a cover up/disguise of widely prevalent sectarian conflict between the Shia & Sunni Muslims. Over the past few decades, due to modern education > the sunni arabs have also mellowed down and stopped celebrating the fall of Imam Hussain.