After Khamenei’s death, the people of Alipura village were sad.
Alipura is a village in Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka. About 100 people from here reached Tehran to bid farewell to former Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei’s connection with Alipur village goes back decades. Alipur is a Muslim dominated village. The population here has become a symbol of India’s relations with the Iranian leader.
On February 28, Iran’s former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was assassinated in a US-Israeli attack. Lakhs of people from outside Iran came to bid him last farewell. On July 9, Khamenei will be buried near the shrine of Imam Reza in the holy city of Mashhad in Iran. Among the millions of people attending his funeral in Tehran were 100 people from Alipura village, who had come to Iran because of their personal connection to Khamenei.
Khamenei and village connection in Karnataka
The emotional connection between Muslim-dominated village Alipur and Khamenei dates back to 1981-82, when he reached this village. At that time, almost the entire population of the village belonged to the Shia community. Relations were further strengthened when Khamenei inaugurated the ‘Imam Khomeini Hospital’ here. This hospital was built with the help of the Iranian government.Therefore, for almost everyone in the village, he was not just a political figure but also a religious guru who made a historic journey through the village streets.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
After which incident was the hospital built?
When Khamenei came here and visited Alipore, an incident happened. A woman had passed away, and people requested her to pray. When they asked the reason for death, they were told that she was pregnant and there was no hospital in the area. An attempt was being made to take him to Bangalore but he died on the way. Hearing this, he got angry and announced to build the hospital and bear the expenses. Later a hospital was built there. It is known as IK Hospital. Khamenei’s promises and his fulfillment impressed the people here. His thoughts and thinking had an impact on the people here. As a result, he became spiritually connected to the former Supreme Leader.
IK Hospital of Alipura.
According to The Hindi report, some of these Kannada speaking people are already living or doing business in Iran as students of religious institutions, medical students and medical professionals, while the rest reached Iran’s capital Tehran on Sunday by a chartered flight of Iran Air from Bengaluru via Mumbai.
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Martyrdom shook the soul
Faizan Raza, a resident of Alipura, says, “He was given a lot of respect here. His martyrdom has shaken our hearts and souls. That is why it was important to attend his last farewell ceremony. Therefore, I have come from Alipura.”
Hakim Raza says, 40 days of mourning and a week’s public holiday shows that this tragedy was not just a personal loss of a family, but a collective national wound that combined individual grief with national resolve.
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