The Hazratbal Shrine Srinagar Kashmir Valley

The Hazratbal Shrine Srinagar Kashmir Valley

It contains a relic, the Moi-e-Muqqadas,the name of the shrine Hazrat, meaning “respected”, and the Kashmiri word bal, meaning “place”. Thus it means the place which is given high regards and is respected among the people.

According to legend, the relic was first brought to India by Syed Abdullah, a purported descendant of Muhammad who left Medina and settled in Bijapur, near Hyderabad in 1635
The shrine is situated on the left bank of the Dal Lake, Srinagar and is considered to be Kashmir’s holiest Muslim shrine.

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