By PRABEER SIKDAR
MUSSOORIE, 7 May 2009:
It is neither a tiger nor a horse, but this species of fish, which is on display at the Mall Road based Jawahar Aquarium, is officially known as Tiger Horse.
Call it a coincidence or divine luck, what is special about two of the three Tiger Horse fish (9-10 inches in size), here, is that one can see God’s handwriting on them! Omnivorous in nature, a closer scrutiny of these fish reveals Islamic terms, which are by nature engraved on their bodies in copper pigmentation. “On one fish, on one side is written the word ‘Allah’, while on the other side, is written the word Mohammad,” disclosed Harish Sharma, MD of Jawahar Aquariums.“Similarly, on another fish, one comes across the Kalma (La ilaha illallah) written in Urdu clearly,” he added.
Discovery
“The ‘divine writings’ on the fish were revealed to us by a visiting Islamic scholar from Ajmer (Rajasthan) last year,” said Sharma. “This happened in June, 2008.
”Since, then, almost all electronic media houses have extensively covered this unique natural phenomenon leading to an increase in visitors. “Right now, we are getting about 700 plus visitors everyday,” claimed Sharma, opining that in days to come, ‘it would peak’.
However, these ‘divine fish’, which have become the cynosure of all eyes, would not have landed here in the first place. “Actually, we had ordered for a separate species of fish from West Bengal. Instead, we got Tiger Fish,” pointed out Sharma, adding that even the box it was in, was also found broken on arrival.“It itself is a miracle that they survived because at the time of their arrival, they was hardly any water in the box.”
Divine message
According to Sharma, who is also credited with designing the interiors of the Aquarium, the markings point towards the existence of a supernatural power. “There is also a message of vegetarianism.”
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