This is the shrine that's about 2 minutes away from where i live. How do i even begin to describe the atmosphere at the shrine. Just look at the number of people who throng this place everyday from dawn till about 10pm!
This is basically what goes on at the Dargah on a normal day. Throngs of people come to visit and pay their respects. Only men can enter the room where the grave is and you can see that people are standing in a line to enter the doors and make a round around the grave. This is also accompanied by, the music you hear called, Kawali. To put into perspective, they are our version of hymns.
**** If you look close enough, in the first 20 seconds or so of the second video, at the background on the right hand corner of the video, you will see a woman's silhouette, clinging onto the wall, flinging her hair vigorously. She was apparently possessed and was reacting to the prayers and the holiness of the shrine. Some people believe that by coming here, they can rid themselves of evil spirits.
That's basically how a small fraction of this HUGE shrine looks like.
Again, stalls selling these brightly coloured cloths, incense sticks and rose petals.
This is also a common sight at the shrines. Homeless poor people begging. That's a small child sleeping on a gunny sack on the cold hard floor, and her mother (in yellow) fanning on.
As you can see, these are the "owners" or the people in charge of the Dargah. And Salmi Chacha's name is there too!
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