Mythologies of the Purig-Pa Tribe
The Purigpa are a community found in Kargil district, Ladakh, India and Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Out of 39,000 Purigpas, 38,000 are Muslim. The remaining few are mostly Buddhists. In 2011, there were 992 Buddhists among the Purigpas. As of 2001, the Purigpa were classified as a Scheduled Tribe under the Indian government's reservation program of positive discrimination. As of 2011 Population Census of India, Purigpa population stood at 39,101 with 20,119 males and 18,982 females. The adult sex ratio stood at 943 and child sex ratio at 971. They boasted a literacy rate of 67.5 per cent, which was better than the average tribal literacy rate of 50.6 per cent in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Purigpa have varied origins and are descendants of Tibetans and Dards. These two groups began intermingling from the 10th century onward. The Purigpas are primarily Shia Muslims of the Twelver sect. They were converted by preachers who arrived via Baltistan beginning in the 15th and 16th centuries.
The Purig or Purigpa are a Tibetic people group from Ladakh, India, and Baltistan, Pakistan. They speak the Purig language, which is closely related to other Tibetic languages, especially Balti language. Most Purigpas are Shia Muslims, following the Twelver sect. They became Muslims in the 15th and 16th centuries through preachers who came from Baltistan. Many Purigpas settled in the Kargil region during the rule of Balti King Gyalpo Ali Senge Anchan.
The name Purig was derived from pod-rigs the famous name of Purang when Kashmir ruler left Zanskar the king of Purang attack it as a consequence the original inhabitant of Zanskar were defeated soon after this news reached Purig the Purigpas applied to Purang to send either a king of his son as their rescuer. In the meantime king Khigum Bstan-po the ruler of Tibet was murdered by one of his minister and his three son took refuge in Kangpo. It was the middle son Gna-khar who went to Purang and it was eventually in 155 AD that he was has a Tibetan Affiliation Kargil was initially named pod-Rigs although his descendent ruler purig for a long time some of the Land was later captured by Tha-Tha-Khan. In the year 1446 Syeed Mohmmad Noor Baksh came to Purig via Baltistan and stayed there for around six months, it was during this period Islam gained popularity in the Purig region. In Baroo kargil a huge Khanka was constructed roughly in the same period Albet who constructed the mosque is not known.syeed Mohmmad Noor Baksh Attempts to popularize Islam were successfully followed by Mir Syeed Hussain. Mir Syeed Hussain after spending a glorious time in purig eventually died in this region. People still pay homage to him in his Astana that is located in Youkmakaharboo Kargil. Thi Namgyal the king of Suru Karchay married Gyal Khatoon the sister of king of skardoo, Shah Murad.
Purgi, Burig, Purki, Purik, Purigi or Puriki (Tibetan script: བོད་རིགས་སྐད།, Nastaʿlīq script: پُرگِی) is a Tibetic language closely related to the Ladakhi-Balti language. Purgi is natively spoken by the Purigpa people in Ladakh region of India and Baltistan region of Pakistan. Most of the Purigpas are Shia Muslims, although a significant number of them follow Noorbakhshi and Sunni Islam, and a small minority of Buddhists and Bön followers reside in areas like Fokar valley, Mulbekh, Wakha. Like the Baltis, they speak an archaic Tibetan dialect closely related to Balti and Ladakhi. Purki is more closely related to Balti than Ladakhi, so there are different opinions among linguists in considering Purki and Balti as different languages or simply different varieties of the same language.
The Purig-Pa people are a relatively small people group that reside in the Himalayan hills in Kashmir, India. They are known to have originated from the descendants of Tibetans and Dards during the 10th century. The Purig-Pa are primarily farmers and shepherds. They primarily speak Purgi language. They are known to have a relatively high literary rate for a secluded tribe. These people are Sunni Muslims who believe that the supreme God, Allah, spoke through his prophet, Mohammed, and taught mankind how to live a righteous life through the Koran and the Hadith. To live a righteous life, you must utter the Shahada (a statement of faith), pray five times a day facing Mecca, fast from sunup to sundown during the month of Ramadan, give alms to the poor, and make a pilgrimage to Mecca if you have the means. Muslims are prohibited from drinking alcohol, eating pork, gambling, stealing, slandering, and making idols. They gather for corporate prayer on Friday afternoons at a mosque, their place of worship. The two main holidays for Sunni Muslims are Eid al Fitr, the breaking of the monthly fast and Eid al Adha, the celebration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son to Allah. Sunni religious practices are staid and simple. They believe that Allah has pre-determined our fates; they minimize free will. In most of the Muslim world, people depend on the spirit world for their daily needs since they regard Allah as too distant. Allah may determine their eternal salvation, but the spirits determine how well we live in our daily lives. For that reason, they must appease the spirits. They often use charms and amulets to help them with spiritual forces.
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