Love Story That Mesmerized Sub-Continent Heer Ranjha

Heer Ranjha The Epic Story Which Has Mesmerized The Sub-Continent Since Waris Shah Wrote This Story which Made People Forgot Waris Shah and People Now Know Heer and Ranjha

Heer  Ranjha was written By Waris Shah in the year 1766 By Waris Shah.There are Two Beliefs The Most Popular is Waris Shah fall in Love with a Girl Bhag Bhari and this Story is the Story of Waris Shah.

Another Theory is That They were Real Personalities of That Era.

Example from the epic poem

First take the name of Allah and second the Great Muhammad, the prophet (of God)

Third, take the name of father and mother, on whose milk my body thrived
Fourth, take the name of bread and water, by eating which my heart is gladdened
Fifth, take the name of Mother Earth, on whom I place my feet.
Sixth, take the name of Khwaja (Khizr, the Saint), who gives me cold water to drink
Seventh, take the name of Guru Gorakh Nath who is worshiped with a platter of milk and rice
Eighth, take the name of Lalanwala who breaks the bonds and the chains of captives

Summary of the love story

Luddan ferries Ranjha across the Chenab

Heer is an extremely beautiful woman, born into a wealthy family of the Sial Tribe In Jhang which is now Punjab Pakistan Ranjha (whose first name is Dheedo; Ranjha is the surname), a Jat of the Ranjha tribe, is the youngest of four brothers and lives in the village of Takht Hazara Pakistan by the river ChenabBeing his father's favorite son, unlike his brothers who had to toil in the lands, he led a life of ease, playing the flute (Wanjhali-Bansri) After a quarrel with his brothers over land, Ranjha leaves home. In Waris Shah's version of the epic, it is said that Ranjha left his home because his brothers' wives refused to give him food. Eventually he arrives in Heer's village and falls in love with her. Heer's father offers Ranjha a job herding his cattle. Heer becomes mesmerised by the way Ranjha plays his flute and eventually falls in love with him. They meet each other secretly for many years until they are caught by Heer's jealous uncle, Kaido, and her parents Chuchak and Malki. Heer is forced by her family and the local priest or Maulvio marry another man named Saida Khera.

Ranjha is heartbroken. He wanders the countryside alone, until eventually he meets a Shaiva Jogi (ascetic). After meeting Goraknath the founder of the "Kanphata" (pierced ear) sect of jogis at Tilla Jogian (the 'Hill of Ascetics', located 50 miles north of the historic town of Bhera Sargodha DistrictPunjab), Ranjha becomes a jogi himself, piercing his ears and renouncing the material world. While reciting the name of the Lord, he wanders all over Punjab, eventually finding the village where Heer now lives.

The two return to Heer's village, where Heer's parents agree to their marriage - though some versions of the story state that the parent's agreement is only a deception. On the wedding day, Kaido poisons her food so that the wedding will not take place, in order to punish the girl for her behavior. Hearing this news, Ranjha rushes to aid Heer, but is too late, as she has already eaten the poison and has died. Brokenhearted once again, Ranjha eats the remaining poisoned Laddu sweet) which Heer has eaten and dies by her side.

Heer and Ranjha are buried in Heer's hometown, Jhang. Love-smitten couples and others often pay visits to their mausoleum.^[

Because its plot involves a romance opposed by family members and ends with the two lovers dying, the story is often compared to the Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet