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Hazarath Syed Shahul Hameed Qadiri:
NAGORE DARGHA SHERIFF IS LOACTED IN TAMIL NADU.
INTRODUCTION :
There is MOST popular muslim pilgrim centre in South India- Dargah of Hazrat SYED SHAHUL HAMEED QADIRI ( QADIRI ) QADIR WALI THE DARGHA is located 78 km from Thanjavur. The tomb is almost MORE THAN 500 years old and is topped by a golden dome and flanked by 5 minarets. |
It is just 4 km to the north of Nagapattinam. Nagore (sometimes spelled Nagoor) is a town in the Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located approximately 4 km north of the city of Nagapattinam.
Nagore has a population of approximately 30,000. A prominent five-acre dargah (Muslim shrine) dedicated to the 16th century saint Nagore Andavar (literally "the Lord of Andavar"; also popularly called Meeran Sahib or Qadir Wali) is located there, and serves as a pilgrim center. The 14-day Kandhuri Urs (also spelled Kandoori or Kandhoori) festival, dedicated to the saint, is held there annually.
History of the Holy Saint: A brief History of the Holy Saint His Holiness Hazarath SYED SHAHUL HAMEED QADIRI ( QADIRI ) QADIR WALI GHANJASAVOY,GHANJABAKSH NAGORI, of Nagore Dargha ( Nagore Dargah) Sheriff.
Even before his birth, a messenger of God appeared before his mother Beebi Fathima in a dream and predicted that she would be blessed with a son who would be the Savior of people and spend his life to spread Ilam.
Even as a child he showed signs of great wisdom, intense piety and divine communication before he was eight years old and learnt Arabic language and its grammar. He went in search of a religious preceptor (Master) who could educate him in solving the riddle and the secrecy of the world and who could teach him more about the Almighty and his ways and at his parent's desire, went to Gwalior to be initiated by HAZARATH SYED MOHAMED GHOUSE SAHIB Gwalior in divine knowledge.
After more than a decade of training, he left Gwalior and went to Manickkapur with a bunch of 404 disciples and then toured extensively with his disciples in Afghanistan, Balusistan and other places of the world performing innumerable miracles on the way by raising the dead, making the dump to speak and the lamb to walk and by curing all kinds of incurable diseases.
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The Saint gave a chewed betel leaf to Noordin and instructed Noordin to hand over to his wife Beebi Johara and ordained that she should swallow it and remain separated from her husband for 40 days.He prayed to the Almighty to bless Noordin with children, and also informed Noordin that the eldest son should be dedicated to him as his son and asked Noordin to remain with him for 40 days without seeing his wife.
As per his blessings, Beebi Johara conceived and gave birth to a son on the 12th of Rajab Hijiri 959 and the child was named SYED MOHAMMED YOOSUF SAHIB as directed by the Holy Saint.
The child was properly educated and in his 7th year took leave of his parents to go and meet his real father at Makkah as he heard a Divine Voice informing him that his father (Hazarath Syed Shahul Hameed Qadir wali) was awaiting his arrival at Makkah so he went to Makkah and joined his father there.The Saint, his son and 404 followers-disciples visited Ponnani, Sri Lanka, Kayalpattinam, Keelakarai and Thankasi and propagated Islam.
Lastly the Saint visited Thanjavur, at that time the Naick dynasty was ruling over Thanjavur. The King Achuthuppa Naikan, then ruler of Thanjavur was suffering from a grievous and prolonged illness. The ministry of the King begged the Saint and requested him to visit the palace and cure the ill of the King.
The Saint was very much moved went to the palace and found that a dove was made to suffer by black-magic, with pin pricks all over its body and it was in a very unsafe condition and was the cause of the King's ailment at once. He asked his son to bring the dove prayed and removed one by one the pins in the body of the dove. After the removal of the pins the King recovered and got well.
The queen energized by the miraculous cure of her husband fell on her knees before the Saint and begged the Saint to bless them with children. The Saint accordingly blessed them with a fruitful progeny and in return the King offered wealth and rich presents which the Saint did not accept but only asked the King to give him a piece of land near the Sea-shore.
The holy Saint demised in His 68th year on a Friday early morning in Hijiri 978 and was entombed at Nagore according to his direction.On the right side of the Holy Saint the tomb of His son Hazarath Syed Mohamed Yoosuf Sahib and the tomb of his wife Syed Sultan Beebi Amma Sahiba are situated.
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