The annual Urs of Data Ganj Bakhsh

Published January 25, 2011
A devotee dances outisde the shrine of Sufi Saint Data Ganj Bakhsh in Lahore on January 23, 2011. The three-day celebrations of 967th festival of Hazrat Ali Bin Usman popularly known as Data Gunj Bakhsh started with traditional zeal with 'chaddar' laying ceremony at the shrine after the after noon prayers. ? AFP
A devotee dances outisde the shrine of Sufi Saint Data Ganj Bakhsh in Lahore on January 23, 2011. The three-day celebrations of 967th festival of Hazrat Ali Bin Usman popularly known as Data Gunj Bakhsh started with traditional zeal with 'chaddar' laying ceremony at the shrine after the after noon prayers. ? AFP

Data Ganj Bakhsh was a Persian Sufi and scholar during the 11th century. He was born in Ghazni, Afghanistan (990 AD) during the Ghaznavid Empire and settled and died in Lahore spreading Islam in South Asia. Thousands of Muslim devotees across Pakistan participated in the 967th annual festivities at the shrine to pay their tribute to the saint.

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