Dargah Pir Hadi Hassan Bux Shah Jilani, Duthro Sharif, Sindh, Pakistan.Dargah Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sehwan Sharif, Sindh, Pakistan.Baghdad Sharif Dargah of Abdul Qadir Jilani, Ajmer, Baghdad, Iraq.The following is a list of dargahs open to the public. There are many active dargahs open to the public worldwide where aspirants may go for a retreat. In China, the term gongbei is usually used for shrine complexes centered around a Sufi saint's tomb. Dargahs in South Asia, have historically been a place for all faiths since the medieval times for example, the Ajmer Sharif Dargah was meeting place for Hindus and Muslims to pay respect and even to the revered Saint Mu'in al-Din Chishti. The shrine is illuminated with candles or strings of electric lights at this time. In South Asia, dargahs are often the site of festivals ( milad) held in honor of the deceased saint on his passing away anniversary ( urs). In South Africa, the term is used to describe shrines in the Durban area where there is a strong Indian presence, while the term keramat is more commonly used in Cape Town, where there is a strong Cape Malay culture. The term dargah is common in the Persian-influenced Islamic world, notably in Iran, Turkey and South Asia. Sufi shrines are found in many Muslim communities throughout the world and are called by many names. Today they have become a popular form of music and entertainment throughout South Asia, with exponents like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Abida Parveen taking their music to various parts of the world.
Over time, musical offerings of dervishes and sheikhs in the presence of the devout at these shrines, usually impromptu or on the occasion of Urs, gave rise to musical genres like Qawwali and Kafi, wherein Sufi poetry is accompanied by music and sung as an offering to a murshid, a type of Sufi spiritual instructor. Dargahs dotted the landscape of Punjab even before the partition of the Indian Subcontinent. Devotees tie threads of mannat ( Persian: منّت, "grace, favour, praise") at dargahs and contribute for langar and pray at dargahs. Many Muslims believe their wishes are fulfilled after they offer prayer or service at a dargah of the saint they follow. However, dargah is originally a core concept in Islamic Sufism and holds great importance for the followers of Sufi saints. Still others hold a less important view of dargahs, and simply visit as a means of paying their respects to deceased pious individuals or to pray at the sites for perceived spiritual benefits. Some Sufi and other Muslims believe that dargahs are portals by which they can invoke the deceased saint's intercession and blessing (as per tawassul, also known as dawat-e qaboor or ‘ilm-e dawat ). It may have a connection or connotation with the Arabic word " darajah ( دَرَجَة)" meaning "stature, prestige, dignity, order, place" or may also mean "status, position, rank, echelon, class". Shrine is modern day building which encompasses of actual dargah as well but not always.ĭargah is derived from a Persian word which literally means "portal" or "threshold." The Persian word is a composite of " dar ( در)" meaning "door, gate" and " gah ( گاه)" meaning "place". The same structure, carrying the same social meanings and sites of the same kinds of ritual practices, is called maqam in the Arabic-speaking world.ĭargah today is considered to be place where saints prayed and mediated (their spiritual residence). They usually include a mosque, meeting rooms, Islamic religious schools ( madrassas), residences for a teacher or caretaker, hospitals, and other buildings for community purposes. Dargahs are often associated with Sufi eating and meeting rooms and hostels, called khanqah or hospices. Sufis often visit the shrine for ziyarat, a term associated with religious visits and “pilgrimages”. Shrine of Pir Hadi Hassan Bux Shah Jilani at Duthro Sharif in Sanghar District, Pakistan.Ī dargah ( Persian: درگاه dargâh or درگه dargah, Turkish: dergâh, Hindustani: dargah दरगाह درگاہ, Bengali: দরগাহ dorgah) is a shrine built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint or dervish.
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