URS OF KHAWAJA MOINUDDIN CHISHTI (R) OBSERVED TODAY

Srinagar May 16 (Only Kashmir): Sub continent particularly India today observed the 801st anniversary of Khawaja Moin-ud-din Chishti (R.A.). like in past this year too lakhs of devotees thronged the shrine in Ajmer during the 801st Death anniversary of the Sufi saint Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti, and took part in religious rituals to mark the commemoration 'Urs' of Khwaja Gharib Nawaz. Six days of Urs of Khwaja Gharib Nawaz is observed every year in the first week of Rajab, the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. Hindus and Sikhs also visit the shrine, which lies some 350 km southwest of New Delhi, and is seen as a symbol of communal harmony. According to Only Kashmir sources received here on the occasion Minister of State for Health, Mr. Shabir Ahmad Khan today paid obeisance at the holy shrine of Khawaja Moin-ud-din Chishti (RA) and prayed for the well beings of the people and peace and prosperity of the State.