Understanding Sufi Shrines of Srinagar, Nadiya Reports from Srinagar

Sufi sect has spread several continents and made it's way into Kashmir hundreds of years ago. The Kashmir valley is an abode to numerous shrines. Lakhs of Kashmiris have strong belief in these shrines and often visit these places to get their wishes fulfilled. The valley is well-known for being the ‘Pir Waer’, meaning the ‘Alcove of Sufis and Saints’. Some of the shrines are the world famous such as Baba-Zain-ud-Din Wali R.A. (Aishmuqam), Baba Hyder Reshi R.A. (Anantnag), the last of the giants of the Rishi order in Kashmir about whose resting place the Alamdar-i-Kashmir (Flag Bearer of Kashmir), Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Rishi R.A. (Charar- e -Sharief) had foretold his diciples, Baba Dawood Ghoni R.A. (Vailoo), Hazrat Noor Shah Bagdadi R.A. (Kund), Hazrat Sheikh Syed Samnani R.A. (Kulgam), Baba Naseeb-ud-Din Ghazi R.A. (Bijbehara) Hazrat Syed Yaqoob Sarfi R.A.,Hazrat Baba Gulindin Sahib (R.A.),Hazrat Baba Reshi Sahib R.A. Gulmarg, Hazrat Baba Shikur – u –din Sahib R.A. Watlab Sopore, Shrine of Hazrat Peer-e-Dastgeer Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Geelani R.A.at Khanyar Srinagar.