28-Apr-2024  Srinagar booked.net

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Thousands Throng Khanyar’s Dasteer Shrine For Sufi Saints’ Urs

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Photo By Basit Zargar


Srinagar: The annual Urs of Hazrat Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani (RA) popularly known as Dastgeer seeb concluded on Friday with thousands of devotees thronging the shrine of Sufi saint in Khanyar area of Srinagar city.
Photograph By Basit Zargar

Emotional scenes were witnessed on the occasion with devotees coming from different parts of the Kashmir Valley.

  Photo By Basit Zargar

Outside the shrine, the local and non-local business establishments had installed their carts and were seen selling traditional snacks.

Pertinently, the actual shrine of the revered saint is located at Baghdad in Iraq. Even though the saint has never visited Kashmir, he is highly revered by Kashmiris.