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MIRPUR (AJK), Feb 12 (APP):Two-day Urs celebrations of an eminent spiritual personality, Saint, and the Preacher of Islam in the Subcontinent, Baba Peera Shah Ghazi, famously known as Damri Wali Sarkar, began here at his mausoleum at Khari Sharif on Wednesday with traditional religious solemnity and reverence.
The district administration has announced a local holiday on February 13 (Thursday) to facilitate pilgrims to attend the concluding ceremonies of the Urs of the illustrious preacher of Islam in the subcontinent.
Azad Jammu Kashmir’s Auqaf Department opened the sanctified Urs ceremony underperforming the ablution of the shrine of the spiritual leader in the presence of thousands of pilgrims from various parts of the liberated state besides the rest of the country.
The pilgrims placed the floral wreaths at the Mazar besides praying for the upholding of the teachings of Islam, unity among Muslim Ummah, stability, integrity, solidarity, and prosperity of Pakistan, and the early success of the Kashmir freedom movement.
Extraordinary security arrangements have been made with the deployment of an additional police force at Khari Sahareef to maintain complete peace and order during the Urs celebrations, which will continue and conclude on Sunday.
Special arrangements have been devised by the authorities to facilitate the pilgrims from across AJK and various parts of the country to observe the Urs celebrations in a befitting manner and with fullest reverence under the auspices of the AJK government, the State Auqaf Department sources told APP here on the eve of the opening ceremony by elaborating adequate arrangements for the holding of the Urs celebrations.
The pilgrims will offer special prayers for the upholding of Islam, unity and solidarity of the Muslim Ummah, security, stability, integrity, prosperity, and defense of the country, and early success of the Kashmir freedom movement.
The speakers, including eminent Ulema, Naat Khawan, and other religious scholars, paid tributes to Hazrat Baba Peer-e-Shah Ghazi for his remarkable services, along with his associate Auliya Karam, for the preaching and publications of the teachings of Islam in the subcontinent and particularly in this state.
On this occasion, the prominent scholars, Naat Khawan, and poets are presenting the mystic poetry of the great Saint, Hazrat Mian Muhammad Buksh (RA).