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6 unusual facts about Saifee Villa


Mufaddal Saifuddin

As a child, during the era of Syenda Taher Saifuddin, he began the recitation of the Quran in Saifee Villa; Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Saifee Villa

In 1978, after the death of Syenda Taher Saifuddin, his heir Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, in the memory of his fathers' visits, changed the name from "Lakshmigiri" to "Saifee Villa" (where the word "Saifee" is derived from the name Saifuddin).

During the era of Syenda Taher Saifuddin, as a child, Syedi Mufaddal Saifuddin (the successor to the office of Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras after Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin), began the recitation of the Quran in Saifee Villa.

The Gates of Lakshmigiri are identical to the gates of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

In the year 2008 and 2009, His Holiness Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin held the auspicious 9 sermons of Ashara Mubaraka in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

They were honoured to house the Head of the Community; His Holiness Syenda Taher Saifuddin on all of his five visits to Sri Lanka.



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