APP - The Post - Lahore, Punjab, PakistanThursday, February 21, 2008
Hyderabad (PK): Three-day 264th annual Urs celebrations of great sufi-saint and poet Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (RA) [1689–1752] will be observed from February 22, at Bhit Shah district Matiari.
Sindh Culture and Tourism Department in collaboration with Sindh Auqaf Department and the district administration Matiari has made all arrangements to celebrate three-day Urs celebrations with traditional zeal, in a befitting and peaceful atmosphere.
It may be mentioned here tens of thousand devotees of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai come every year from different parts of the country and abroad to pay homage to great sufi-saint, whose poetry played a key role in spreading mysticism in the world community.
Besides different programmes, organised every year by Sindh government as well as district administration Matiari, the devotees of the mazar have their own arrangements of organising different events including the raga, based on his poetry.
In his poetry, Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai preached the message of love, peace and affection irrespective of any creed or caste.
Not only the research scholars of the country -particularly Dr Nabi Bux Khan Baloch and Dr GA Allana- but also many world researchers carried out a detailed research on the poetry of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai and spread over his message across the world.
Picture: Bhit Shah, Shah Latif Bhitai's tomb. Photo from: http://yangtze.cs.uiuc.edu/~jamali/new-sindh-pics/bhit-shah.html].
Hyderabad (PK): Three-day 264th annual Urs celebrations of great sufi-saint and poet Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (RA) [1689–1752] will be observed from February 22, at Bhit Shah district Matiari.
Sindh Culture and Tourism Department in collaboration with Sindh Auqaf Department and the district administration Matiari has made all arrangements to celebrate three-day Urs celebrations with traditional zeal, in a befitting and peaceful atmosphere.
It may be mentioned here tens of thousand devotees of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai come every year from different parts of the country and abroad to pay homage to great sufi-saint, whose poetry played a key role in spreading mysticism in the world community.
Besides different programmes, organised every year by Sindh government as well as district administration Matiari, the devotees of the mazar have their own arrangements of organising different events including the raga, based on his poetry.
In his poetry, Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai preached the message of love, peace and affection irrespective of any creed or caste.
Not only the research scholars of the country -particularly Dr Nabi Bux Khan Baloch and Dr GA Allana- but also many world researchers carried out a detailed research on the poetry of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai and spread over his message across the world.
Picture: Bhit Shah, Shah Latif Bhitai's tomb. Photo from: http://yangtze.cs.uiuc.edu/~jamali/new-sindh-pics/bhit-shah.html].
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