Indian Dargas

Indian Dargas
In India, there are many Dargas, where the Muslims and the people of other religions come and offer prayer to the Prophet.

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Some of the Indian Dargas are Bara Shaheed Dargah, Moinuddin Chishti, Lateef Saheb Dargah, Piran Kaliyar Sharif, Jan Pahad Dargah, Peer Mohammed Dargah,Vaippar, Valinokkam, Nizamuddin Dargah, Rauza Sharif, Meher Ali Shah and many other dargas in India.

Bara Shaheed Dargah
Bara Shaheed Dargah is a dargah located in Sulurpet of Andra Pradesh. It is an open dargah measuring 144feet long and near to the Shaik Dawood Dargah.

Lateef Ullah Shah Quadri Darga
Lateef Ullah Shah Quadri Darga or Lateef Saheb Dargah is a sufi Muslim shrine located in the town of Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh. It is situated on hillock. A three-day Urs is celebrated every year

Indian Dargas Moinuddin Chishti
The dargah of Moinuddin Chisti, known as Dargah Sharif or Ajmer Sharif is an international wakf board. The Dargah Committee is appointed by the Government, manages donations, takes care of the maintenance of the shrine, and runs charitable institutions like dispensaries, and guest houses for the devotees. The dargah of Moinuddin Chisti is visited by Muslim pilgrims as well as Hindus and Sikhs as a symbol of inter-communal harmony.

Madurai Maqbara
Madurai Maqbara refers to the Dargahs of three Sufi saints: Mir Ahmad Ibrahim, Mir Amjad Ibrahim, and Abdus Salaam Ibrahim. Though maqbara refers to the graves of all Muslims, it refers especially to the graves (Raula or Rauza) of religious figures or Waliyullahs who dedicated their life to Islam, striving to be true Muslims and training others to follow Islam as first preached by the Prophet Mohamed.

Indian Dargas Kanavai Dargha
Hazrat Varushai Syed Ibraheem Shaheed Waliyullah is the descendant of Hazrat Sulthan Syed Ibrahim Shahhed Badusha nayagam of Erwadi. He is the grand father of Hazrat Mursal Ibrahim shaheed, whose dargah is located in Thachuoorani. Thus he is the great grand father of Hazrat Nalla Ibrahim Waliyullah whose is the forefather of all the levvai mujavirs (huqdhars) of Erwadi dargah.

Haji Ali Dargah
Haji Ali Dargah is a mosque and dargah (tomb) located on an islet off the coast of Worli in the Southern part of Mumbai. Near the heart of the city proper, the dargah is one of the most recognisable landmarks of Mumbai. An exquisite example of Indo-Islamic architecture, connected with legends about doomed lovers, the dargah contains the tomb of Sayed Peer Haji Ali Shah Bukhari.

Indian Dargas Jan Pahad Saidula Dargah
Jan Pahad Saidula Dargah is a dargah situated in Neducherla in Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh. People from different religious faiths visit the holy shirne on the occasion of the annual Urs festival. Jan Pahad Saidula Dargah is built on the tomb of saint Mohiuddin alias Shaheed and Jan Pahad Saida. Qawwali, Sandal Sharif ceremonial procession and other special rituals mark the Urs festivities.

Peer Mohammed Appa Dargah
Peer Mohammed Appa Dargah is one of the most renowned Muslim pilgrim centres in Kanyakumari, the southern district of Tamil Nadu. Peer Mohammed Appa Dargah is located in Thuckalay and was dedicated to a Muslim saint Peer Mohammed Sahib who was also a Tamil poet. The vow of sleeping in the Dargah premises is considered sacred. The annual festival is celebrated during the Muslim month of Rajab and during this festival devotees all over from Tamil Nadu and Kerala take part in this.

Some other dargas of India are Dargah Sharif, Meesal Kilavaneri, Vaippar, Valinokkam, Khwaja Baqi Billah, Thachu oorani, Tomb of Salim Chishti, Pallichandai Silaiman, Shah e Alam and many other dargas.