CHANDAN DI CHAUR SAHIB (Sandalwood fly whisk) by HAJI MOHAMMED MASKIN.. offered to SRI DARBAR SAHIB (British name Golden Temple) .. on 31st dec 1925.
Mohammed Maskin was born in Lahore, in or around 1855. However, he spent most of his working life in Mecca, and so he came to be known as ‘Haji Maskin’. He was an unusually gifted craftsperson. Over the years, he learnt the fine art of drawing hair-thin strands out of wood. Towards the end of his life, he created an invaluable artefact. It is a whisk which has 1,45,000 strings of sandalwood, bound in a silver grip. In search of a suitable place for his labour of celestial love, he came to India. His search ended, when he met Bhai Hira Singh in Bharatpur (near Agra) where the eminent hymn singer had gone to perform kirtan at a function.
The rest is history. The whisk was ceremonially presented to Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar on 31 Dec 1925, and the event was widely reported by the press. In fact, it became a part of the forty-four items which are preserved in “Toshakhana”, the treasure trove of Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar . Given below is an excerpt from the Sikh Encyclopaedia (three pictures that appeared in the newspapers of that tme are placed ...
he made two sandalwood fly whisk .. one he gifted to The holy Cabba in MECCA sharif.. and second to the Golden Temple or Sri Darbar sahib. Or Sri Harimandir Sahib.. considering it as the unanimous home of god...
Pic 1- Haji maskin holding the Sandalwood fly whisk( chandan di chaur sahib)
Pic 2- Haji maskin ji with Hazoori ragi Hira singh ji and editor of the newspaper
Pic 3 - Hazoori ragi Hira singh holding the Fly whisk
Pic 4 - modern day pic of the chaur sahib. 🙏
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Source: The Great Amritsar
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