Hi dear members,
In India, about 35 km from Amritsar, there is a "bridge kanjari" towards the Wagah border. Made for Maharaja Ranjit Singh's girlfriend, wife Maharani Moran Sarkar.
The story goes that Moran was a famous Muslim prostitute of her time. Dance talk was far from over. Once invited to dance in the "Royal Community", there, 21-year-old Maharaja Ranjit Singh saw her and was moved by the heart.
Moran, on the orders of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the royal community started coming and going to Lahore for dancing. Once, while the royal community was coming to dance, a peacock's shoe fell into the Hansali canal. When she reached the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh barefoot, the Maharaja, hearing the news, immediately built a "bridge moran" on the Bansali canal to make it easier to get there.
Meetings between the two began to take place. If they met in Amritsar or Lahore, the relationship was unbearable for the traditional and religious community, so a meeting place was made between the two cities at a place near "Pul-e-Moran". Shortly afterwards, Maharaja Ranjit Singh asked Moran to marry him, so he married the Maharaja with the permission of his father, which caused a stir in Sikh religious circles as to how a Sikh Maharaja could marry a Muslim prostitute. Is. As punishment for this crime, Maharaja Ranjit Singh was flogged and had to pay some fines, but he stood his ground. Moran was given the official name "Moran Sarkar". As she was an expert in Kashmiri dance as well as intelligent, the Maharaja would consult Moran before taking any step. One of the forty-six wives of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was a peacock whose name was also minted.
Moran herself was a prostitute, so she tried to solve the problems of prostitutes with the help of Maharaja Ranjit, giving them human dignity in the society. She used to hold court in her mansion every day, ordinary people would come to her and express their grief, she would help as much as possible. Someone came and said build a mosque, Moran built a mosque, someone came and said build a temple, he built a temple. With the passage of time, Moran established his prestige among the people and began to rule over the hearts of the people.
There is still a prostitute's mosque near Lahore Shah Alami, which was renamed Masjid Moran a few years ago. In the same way, Pul Kanjari is now called Pul Moran. Moran is alive among the people in every form as a story of love, humility and humility. Some call her a prostitute, some a prostitute, some a Mai Moran, some a Moran Sarkar and some a public queen.
Moran herself was a prostitute, so she tried to solve the problems of prostitutes with the help of Maharaja Ranjit, giving them human dignity in the society. She used to hold court in her mansion every day, ordinary people would come to her and express their grief, she would help as much as possible. Someone came and said build a mosque, Moran built a mosque, someone came and said build a temple, he built a temple. With the passage of time, Moran established his prestige among the people and began to rule over the hearts of the people.
There is still a prostitute's mosque near Lahore Shah Alami, which was renamed Masjid Moran a few years ago. In the same way, Pul Kanjari is now called Pul Moran. Moran is alive among the people in every form as a story of love, humility and humility. Some call her a prostitute, some a prostitute, some a Mai Moran, some a Moran Sarkar and some a public queen.