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Jerusalem, Oct 18 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday unveiled a plaque at the famed Indian Hospice inside the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, symbolising India’s age-old civilisational connection to the region.<\/p>\n
The plaque read: “Indian Hospice, Estd. 12th century A.D., supported by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi”.<\/p>\n
According to legend, Sufi saint Baba Farid came to the Holy City of Jerusalem from India in 1200 AD and meditated in a stone lodge for 40 days.<\/p>\n
Ever since, Indian Muslim pilgrims on their way to or from Mecca have visited the site, eventually being called the Indian Hospice. Hospice generally refers to a hospital or care centre for terminally ill persons.<\/p>\n
Addressing a gathering of the Indian community on Sunday evening, Jaishankar had said “India’s connections with Jerusalem goes back 800 years in time”.<\/p>\n
“One of our revered Sufi saints, Baba Farid, meditated in a cave inside the city walls in Jerusalem. And this place later became a shrine and a pilgrim lodge for travellers from India. Today, this Indian Hospice symbolises India’s presence in the Old City,” he added.<\/p>\n
The street connecting the hospice is named ‘Zawiyat El-Hunud’ meaning “the Indian corner”.<\/p>\n
During World War II, the Indian Hospice was utilised as a leave camp for the Indian soldiers who served in the British Army in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
The government of India has been contributing for the upkeep and maintenance of the hospice since 1960.<\/p>\n
Later, Jaishankar visited the Israel Museum in the capital city.<\/p>\n
“Visited the Kadavumbagam Synagogue at the Israel Museum. So happy to meet the younger members of the Cochini-Jewish community there,” the minister tweeted, attaching photographs of a section at the gallery dedicated to the Jewish place of worship in Ernakulam, Kerala.<\/p>\n
The 820-year-old Kadavumbagam Synagogue is one of the oldest centres of Jewish heritage in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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