One of our Bhagnari brothers recently met Dr Anoop Kumar Udassi in Indore. He is from Bhag and gave a lot of information about the town.
While Dr Anoop is from Bhag, he mentioned that Nari is an area attached to Bhag. The town of Bhag is about 500 KMs from Karachi and about 300 KMs from Quetta. It comes in the district of Baluchistan. Dr Anoop and several other persons from Bhag have settled in Indore since the last ten to twelve years. They still have their country’s passport with Indian Visa and are stay legally in Indore. Every five years they get their Visa renewed. They still have their families in Bhag, whom they often visit. There are approximately 1000 such persons in Indore.
Bhag market is divided into two parts. The upper market is where Hindus do their business and lower part of the market is where Muslims do their business. Hindus protect themselves by not going out of their houses after 9.00 p.m. There is a lake in the town used for drinking water, but it is mostly neglected by the Government.
Our Bhagnari brother spoke to them in Bhagnari dialect just to know that their style of speaking, pronunciation, words, etc. are similar to ours. But he hardly noticed any difference. They all conversed with each other very fluently.
There are about 8 Hindu temples where people in Bhag worship.
1. Baba Mohandas Udassi Mandir
2. Baba Nanga Saheb Mandir
3. Baba Madhavdas Udassi Mandir
4. Lalji Mandir
5. Jhulelal Mandir
6. Chabootra Saheb Mandir
7. Sherawalli Mandir
8. Saad Saada Mandir
A Mela is held every year on 25th November in memory of Sai Jagdishdas Udassi. Another Mela is held every year on 1st January in an area called Jalal Khan in Bhag. In an ancient place, Tirbut (Bhag), there is a monument similar to Taj Mahal.
We will try and get more details of Bhag town. Meanwhile here are some pictures from Bhag.
