Thousands of people thronged the Naqshband Sahib (R.A) Shrine today in the Khawaja Bazar area of downtown Srinagar to participate in Khoja Digar prayers.
The 400-year-old religious practice, commonly known as ‘Khoja Digar’, witnessed a massive participation of devotees from all across the Kashmir Valley.
The devotees offered “Asr” prayers on the road stretch from Nowhatta to Khanyar. The shrine management committee had made adequate arrangements for the convenience of devotees.
The Sufi saint used to recite along with his hundreds of disciples 700 years ago at Bukhara in Uzbekistan.
Hazrat Khwaja Naqshband Sahib (RA) was born in 718 AH at Qasr-i-Arifan, a village in Bukhara. The shrine is dedicated to him, where one of the great saints of the Naqshbandi order, Hazrat Moinuddin Naqshband (RA), was laid to rest along with his wife and two sons.
Authorities had made special arrangements for the convenience of devotees. An official said that a special sanitation drive was carried out at the shrine and its adjacent areas.
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