Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Thousands visit Madhu Lal Hussain’s shrine

Staff report - Daily Times - Lahore, Pakistan
Monday, March 26, 2007

Thousands of devotees from various parts of the country visited the shrine of Hazrat Madhu Lal Hussain on Sunday on the second day of the urs celebrations.

Some of them laid floral wreaths on the grave of the sufi and distributed niaz (food). Others recited verses from the Holy Quran or sang Punjabi poetry to pay homage to the sufi.

Roads leading to the shrine were jam-packed with devotees and temporary stalls of flowers, rosaries, toys, food, jewellery and clothes did roaring businesses.

The Auqaf Department held a mehfil-e-sama and a qira’at and a na’at competition besides a seminar on Sufism at the shrine on Sunday.

The urs celebrations will conclude on Monday (today) when only women are allowed to enter the shrine.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Thousands visit Madhu Lal Hussain’s shrine
Staff report - Daily Times - Lahore, Pakistan
Monday, March 26, 2007

Thousands of devotees from various parts of the country visited the shrine of Hazrat Madhu Lal Hussain on Sunday on the second day of the urs celebrations.

Some of them laid floral wreaths on the grave of the sufi and distributed niaz (food). Others recited verses from the Holy Quran or sang Punjabi poetry to pay homage to the sufi.

Roads leading to the shrine were jam-packed with devotees and temporary stalls of flowers, rosaries, toys, food, jewellery and clothes did roaring businesses.

The Auqaf Department held a mehfil-e-sama and a qira’at and a na’at competition besides a seminar on Sufism at the shrine on Sunday.

The urs celebrations will conclude on Monday (today) when only women are allowed to enter the shrine.

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