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A dargah with a difference


The front view of the dargahA small dargah in memory of Hazarat Syed Chanchal Shah Kadri Rahamud Ulla Alaye situated on the cross road of Queens Road, next to Kamala Bai School is one of the oldest dargahs in the city. It was built around 150 years ago.Thousands of Bangaloreans have been visiting this dargah to find solace.

"It has been believed that whatever one wishes here will be fulfilled," says Syed Aman Ulla also known as Baba Saheb, the Fakir who has been here for the past 40 years. This tradition has been passed on by his older generations. He stays next to the dargah with his family.The Fakir claims to have meditated for 41 days at Pilgunda Hills, Hyderabad without food and water by chanting the name of Allah.

TThe numerous locks on the door he speciality here is people from all faiths facing problems come to this place with a lock and pray for a solution and later fix it to the grill on the door at the rear. Later the key is thrown away.

"These locks are usually allowed to remain for a year and later we call a key maker and break open the locks which are thrown into the nearby lakes," says Syed Aman Ulla.The door is open to all communities and no one is restricted from entering the dargah.

There is a separate room wherein people come and put forward their troubles in front of the fakir who later tries to provide solace to them with some prayers.

The Fakir"I am just the mediator between the people and the god, he is the one who actually relieves people from their problems and I am always available for the service of the people," says Syed Aman Ulla.

The dargah is open from morning 6 to 10 in the night and the Fakir is available from 10 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 7 pm. There is a grand function held once in a year, which is four days before Id Milad when nearly ten to twelve thousand people gather here. Karnataka State Minister, Roshan Baig is one of the famous personalities to have visited this dargah.

Jai Prasad V.Ra


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