Festival: Baba Budhu Shah Abdal urs today

Devotees from all parts of AJK and Punjab visit the shrine at the annual urs


Our Correspondent March 30, 2015
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ISLAMABAD:


Annual urs of Hazrat Baba Budhu Shah Abdal and Sain Ghulam Muhammad is being celebrated today (Tuesday) at Pleer Sharif near Dadial in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.


Devotees from all parts of AJK and Punjab visit the shrine at the annual urs.


The shrine remains under the water of Mangla Dam for eight months of the year. It is accessible during four months only when the waters have receded in winter.


Sain Gulam Muhammad was the spiritual guide of Punjabi sufi poet Mian Muhammad Bakhsh (1830-1907). Budhu Shah Abdal is the murshid of Sain Gulam Muhammad. Mian Muhammad Bakhsh wrote a chapter on the life of Buduh Shah Abdal in his book Saiful Malook.


Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, whose final resting place is at Khari Sharif, wrote 18 books. He followed the tradition of Sufi poets of the Punjab who chose the language of the masses to spread their message of peace, harmony and love.


The language he used in Saiful Malook is a blend of various Punjabi dialects and hence easily understood in all over Punjab, Kashmir, Hazara and beyond.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 31st, 2015.

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