KAIYAN BOWL PEER BABA
The Saint ‘Peer Baba’ whose real mame masanag Saad Syed, was born in village Devikot, Muzaffarabad. As per legend, ‘Baba’ was a very carefree person, loved nature and never cared about materialism.
In search of solitude and truth, he used to pray to and worship “Allah”. Nobody ever knew what ‘Baba’ used to eat to keep himself alive. His dress for all session was alike and he never cared for his personal and human needs. Soon his prayers were answered by the Almighty and ‘Baba’ became a sage by his virtues because he could cure disease, wipe off sadness, bless people with good luck fertility and prosperity. Due to the endowment of these religious virtues, he was bestowed with the serene religious rank of ‘Peer’ The Sage.
As per folklore, in late nineteenth century, The entire area of Baramulla, Devikot and Naukot witnessed a severe drought, taking the lives of many humans, livestock and wild animals. The 1ocal population approached the baba with this problem. Saddened by the plignt of the people, the Baba created a crack in a big boulder from which a cold stream of water gushed out thus putting an end to the miseries of the local population. It is believed that the source of water was at Thanda Pani Spur and it still remains a perennial source of water in this area. Even after his death, the legend of “Peer Baba” remained alive and people worshipped him and continued offening prayers. During the partition in 1947, the place where the legend resided went to Pakistan. Till the Second Indo – Pak war of 1965, people from Indian villages like Patwari, Reshwari and Naugam used to offer prayers and attended the annual celebrations of the ‘Peer Baba’ festival.
But after the war, this religious transit of local populace ceased. Even when the attendance of villagers dwindied at the actual location, the legend remained alive and people continued offering prayers and as per local lore, majority of their prayers were answered fruitfully. After the 1971 Indo -Pak conflict, the valiant actions of Indian Army saw this piece of historical and symbolic land being recaptured. Even today, people have tremendous faith in the legend of ‘Peer Baba’ and they continue to offer their prayers to him.
