Islamic Shrines

NACHNI ZIARAT Peer Zaaman Shah, a man with spiritual powers, came from Multan about 70- 80 years ago to Nachni, nestled in the hills to the North of Bandipore. He…

SHRINE OF BABA SHAKUR-UD-DIN WALI Baba Shakur-ud-Din is the most famous Shrine in Bandipore District in North Kashmir and is located 17 kms in the North East of Sopore on…

GRAVE OF MOSES: ATHABUTH The grave of Moses is believed to lie about 12 kms from Bandipore. The tomb itself is in a quadrangular enclosure with three other covered graves.…

AHAM SHARIEF MASJID During the reign of Gazi Chak (1555-63), a local Kashmiri Saint Sheikh Hamza Makhdoomi stayed for some in village‘Aham’ and built a mosque there for his prayers…

SIRIK This is a very old shrine situated in the Pir Panjal range in Badgam District. This Shrine is visited by the local Bakkarwals from the area and even from…

PAKHARPORA SHRINE The Shrine is located at Pakhapora situated about 40 kms to the South West of Srinagar district Badgam. Syed Muhammad Ali was born in Balkh. According to a…

KHAN SAHEB Due to the existence of the Shrine of Syed Saleh Khan the village is named as Khan Sabun. Khan Sabun is situated in District Badgam 33 Kms from…

ZIARAT WALTENGO Waltengo Ziarat has been constructed on the Mazar of ‘Peer Syed Noor Shah Wali Bhagdadi Rehman’. The Peer, as per folklore, had come from Baghdad in the early…

ZIARAT BABA RAJB-UD-DIN SAHEB Ziarat Baba Rajb-ud-Din Saheb is a holy place located at Naganaran, Tehsil Shangus, in Anantnag District. It is about 10 kms North of Shangus at the…

HAZRAT ZAIN-UD-DIN WALI Village Aishmuqam is very well known in every part of Kashmir on account of the historical Shrine of Sheikh Zain-ud-din who lived in the 15thcentury AD and…