Ganj Bakhsh faiz-i-alam: Data Sahib’s Urs celebrations

Published December 3, 2015
Devotees gather at the shrine of Sufi Saint Data Ganj Bakhsh in Lahore. The three-day celebrations of 972th festival of Hazrat Ali Bin Usman popularly known as Data Gunj Bakhsh started with traditional zeal with 'chaddar' laying ceremony at the shrine. ─AFP
Devotees gather at the shrine of Sufi Saint Data Ganj Bakhsh in Lahore. The three-day celebrations of 972th festival of Hazrat Ali Bin Usman popularly known as Data Gunj Bakhsh started with traditional zeal with 'chaddar' laying ceremony at the shrine. ─AFP

The 972nd three-day Urs of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh began in Lahore on Tuesday after Punjab Minister for Auqaf and Religious Affairs Ata Muhammad Maneka and Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar laid wreath on the shrine, [Dawn newspaper reported][2].

The devotional activities started with recitation from the Holy Quran and Na’at. After laying the wreath, dua was offered for the solidarity and security of the country and success of operation Zarb-i-Azb. A milk sabeel was also inaugurated.

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