Prayers mark annual Urs of Shah-e-Hamadan(RA)

The annual Urs of revered Sufi saint Mir Syed Ali Hamadani was observed with traditional fervour today at the Khanqah-e-Moula shrine on the banks of the Jhelum in old city. After night-long prayers (shab khawani) at the shrine that had started after ‘Isha’ prayers last night at 10.30 pm, the devotees today offered prayers and supplications at the shrine throughout the day on the Urs of the saint, popularly known as ‘Shah-e-Hamadan’. “The devotees thronged the shrine from all over Kashmir in large numbers on the occasion of the Urs.…

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