Our History began in 1959, when Rani and her sister Prema were amongst the first 3 South African girls to study Bharata Natyam in Madras.While in India, South African dancers were such a rarity that they were interviewed by the BBC on their experiences, and were invited to tea with Prime Minister Nehru.
Just in time for your Woman’s Day celebrations be sure to catch Marital Blitz on August 12th and 13th at the Suncoast Supernova for 3 shows only!
The Johannesburg Melrose Shree Siva Subramaniar Temple (JMSSST) was founded circa 1870 by the Tamil immigrants to South Africa. The Temple that initially started out as a tin shack was extensively renovated in 1996. The JMSSST is now a National Monument with a congregation in excess of 20,000.
The JMSSST is dedicated to the worship of Lord Muruga, his consorts, Valli and Deyvani, his Parents Lord Siva and Parvathi and his Brother, Lord Vinayager. The JMSSST focuses strictly on the propagation of Tamilian culture, language and religious worship.
The actual night that the Qur’an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad is called Lailat ul Qadr, and to stand in prayer on this one night is said to be better than a thousand months of worship. Ramadan is often called ‘month of the Qur’an’ because of this, and Muslims attempt to recite as much of [...]
Mr E. A Khan died of cancer, 24 years ago, at the age of 69. At the time his life work was dedicated to the propagation of Islam and humanitarian work in the local areas of Durban and surrounding. He served as the Secetary-General of the Jamiat Ulama, Darul Uloom, Secretary of FOSA and as an Ustad and founder of the Verulam Madressah Ashrafia.
