By M. Tanveer Tahir, "Kahay Hussain Faqir Nimanah Main Nahi Sub Tu" - Lahore, Punjab, PakistanThursday; March 27, 2008
Lahore: The three-day annual Urs of Sufi Saint, Hazrat Madhu Lal Husain, will start with traditional enthusiasm here on Saturday.
The Auqaf department has completed all the arrangements in this regard. Shopkeepers have set up makeshift shops around the shrine.
Langer (Free Food) was being distributed among the people visiting the shrine.
Director General Auqaf Dr. Tahir Raza Bukhari, Zonal Administrator Auqaf Tasawar Ijaz Malik and a large number of pilgrims will participate in the celebrations.
On the first day, the celebrations will start with the lightning of earthen lamps at the shrine. For this reason it is also called 'mela chiraghan' ( a fair of lamps):
On the following day, only men will be allowed to visit the shrine to pay homage to the saint. On the final day, it would be all for women.
Mehfil-e-Milad, Mehfil-e-Sama and other religious and spiritual gatherings will be held during the celebrations.
Briefing this scribe about the life of the saint, the Official said that Madhu Lal belonged to a Hindu family. His father embraced Islam during the reign of Tuglak emperor Feroz Shah
"Madhu Lal was born in 1539 in Texali Gate. He acquired religious education from the Sufi Shaikh Behlol Qadri of Chinnoit", he said. "As he liked to wear red attire, people started calling him Lal Hussein", he added.
Talking to The Post, Custodian (Sajada Nasheen) of Madhu Lal shrine, Nazakat Ali, said that he was making sure for free food to the devotees during the three-day show, though he was not involved in the arrangements.
Banners inscribed with the great saint's verses are also on display. One reads:
Kahay Hussain faqir nimanah,
Main nahi, sub taun
(This humble self of Hussain declares,
I am nothing, You the All).
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