TOURISM: Mevlana Museum
October 9, 2008 – 10:31 am
Travel to Turkey
The Mevlana Museum is located in Konya, Turkey. The museum was a dervish lodge once upon a time. Mevlana Museum was home of a Sufi named Mevlana. Since 1926, it has been used as a museum.
The construction was given to the father of Mevlana by Sultan Ala’ al –Din Kaygubad as a present. It was a rose garden. When Mevlana’s father passed away in 13th century, his tomb was constructed here. Mevlana Museum is a tourism center of Turkey.
Who is Mevlana?
Mevlana is a title given to the religious leader and important figures in Islam. Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi is a Persian poet and philosopher. Mevlana Museum was named after this persona. He is known all around the world with his works and thoughts. His philosophy is based on the concept of tolerance. His speech “Come whoever you are” is world wide famous and it shows the great tolerance of him and his philosophy. UNESCO announced the year 2007 as Mevlana year. During 2007, many ceremonies, performances and organizations were held for Mevlana in many different countries.
Parts of Mevlana Museum
Mevlana Museum is one of the mostly visited museums of Turkey. Tourists from all over the world visit the museum. It is such an international museum that panoramic virtual tours are available on the net. Via it, people can go around Mevlana Museum online.
The building and parts of the museum are architecturally masterpieces. This is one of the factors making it a tourism center. You should see all these different parts of Mevlana Museum. The tour begins with the Gates of Dervishes. In this part of the museums, there are rooms of dervishes. There are also ritual rooms and a small mosque here.
The Tomb is an important part of Mevlana Museum. There are mausoleums of Mevlana, his father, Hürrem Pasha and some other important and historical figures. Every mausoleum is designed separately and they are worth to visit.
The construction was used with religious reasons before being a museum and a tourism attraction. So there are parts constructed and used for religious rituals and ceremonies. There is a small mosque. It is a mosque designed very sophistically. The rugs, walls, seats, everything are worth to see in this part. The mosque attracts attention with well designed atmosphere of it.
Once upon a time dervishes and religious men were living in this building. A kitchen was the basic need of them. The kitchen part is still in good condition. It is open to the visitors. In the kitchen, there are illustrations depicting old times.
There is a special dance of dervishes called “Sema”. It is the part of religious ceremonies. There is a Sema Hane, ritual hall in Mevlana Museum. The dance was performed in this part. Now it is a place in which musical instruments, glass or metal dance figures and statues are displayed.
There are collections displayed in Mevlana Museum. First of all, the books of Mevlana can be seen here. He wrote many books and poems. In addition to that, there are Quran collections. They are generally old and hand written Quran pieces. They are unique pieces and you should see the art used for writing these pieces.
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