At the shrine of a Sufi Saint

Published February 29, 2012
A Kashmiri Muslim woman prays at the entrance of the shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. Today is the first day of an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. ? AP Photo
A Kashmiri Muslim woman prays at the entrance of the shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. Today is the first day of an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. ? AP Photo
Kashmiri Muslim women hold the iron chains hanging at the entrance of the shrine of Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. The day marked the first day of an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. ? AP Photo
Kashmiri Muslim women hold the iron chains hanging at the entrance of the shrine of Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. The day marked the first day of an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. ? AP Photo
An Indian policeman prays inside the shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. Today is the first day of an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. ? AP Photo
An Indian policeman prays inside the shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. Today is the first day of an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. ? AP Photo
Kashmiri Muslim women pray at the entrance of the shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. Today is the first day of an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. ? AP Photo
Kashmiri Muslim women pray at the entrance of the shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. Today is the first day of an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. ? AP Photo
Kashmiri Muslim women pray inside the shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. The day marked the first day of an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. ? AP Photo
Kashmiri Muslim women pray inside the shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. The day marked the first day of an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. ? AP Photo
Kashmiri Muslim women hold the iron chains hanging at the entrance of the shrine of Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. Today is the first day of an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. ? AP Photo
Kashmiri Muslim women hold the iron chains hanging at the entrance of the shrine of Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. Today is the first day of an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. ? AP Photo
Kashmiri devotees pray inside the shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. The day marked the first day of an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. ? AP Photo
Kashmiri devotees pray inside the shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. The day marked the first day of an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. ? AP Photo

Kashmiri Muslims pray at the  shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, in Srinagar, India, February 24, 2012.  It's an eleven-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration. — AP Photo

 

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