It seems to be Dargah season for me these days. Was travelling to Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. Happen to meet one Mulla Sahab and asked him if there are any dargah's around. He promptly named the Kasmur Dargah and the Rahmatabad. Kasmur was just 25 kms away...so thought of giving it a shot after a days work.
Checked Google maps and found that I had to take a country road from Venkatachalam, which is 15 kms from Nellore on the highway towards Gudur. Took a bus to Venkatachalam and asked the bus conductor to drop me at Kasmur Road.
Got down at Kasmur road and took the lone auto going towards Kasmur. Kasmur is actually a small village hamlet in the countryside. The auto from the highway took 20 minutes to cover about 10 kilometres amidst paddy fields.
The dargah area is a largish market selling food items and a number of small items associated with dargahs i.e pics of Mecca Madina, chaadars and some other secular stuff. There were hardly any visitors to the dargah. It seems that the place is abuzz during the Urs only.
The main gate of the Dargah is a mini charminar. The main gate below
Went straight inside the dargah. The sanctum santorum was not the usual dargah style. It was rather a huge balloon kind of thing on top of the dargah. Perhaps so many chaddars have been put that its seems like a bloated been bag...see if you can get that from the pics I clicked.
Also, present were a couple of devotees, who seem to be talking to the Peer of the Dargah i.e Baba Mastan (Hazrat Kaleem Ulla Shah Qadri) You will find this at many dargahs...where devotees get into a 'zone' where they start communicating directly with the Peer. I have seen this at Ajmer also.
Another very interesting thing about this dargah is that its open air. There is no roof to the mazaar. Its just in the middle of a courtyard...thats it. Perhaps Babaji wanted some fresh air. In India, I know of another temple in Himachal called the Shikari Devi in Mandi district...out there also the temple doesnt have any roof and there's are many stories around it.
Found some living quarters of very poor people behind the dargah. There is a huge lake just behind the dargah...but I dont think its maintained...found a lot of filth there.
Didnt really connect with the supreme at the Dargah...but was happy that I made it to the place. May be that was what the supreme power wanted me to see and experience there.
Apparently, you get rid of jinns and balayas if you visit this dargah...I am sure there were none with me...I walked out clean anyway.
P.S - I read online that amongst the celebrity devotees of this Dargah is AR Rahman...may be this place is close from Chennai...thats the reason.
Checked Google maps and found that I had to take a country road from Venkatachalam, which is 15 kms from Nellore on the highway towards Gudur. Took a bus to Venkatachalam and asked the bus conductor to drop me at Kasmur Road.
Got down at Kasmur road and took the lone auto going towards Kasmur. Kasmur is actually a small village hamlet in the countryside. The auto from the highway took 20 minutes to cover about 10 kilometres amidst paddy fields.
The dargah area is a largish market selling food items and a number of small items associated with dargahs i.e pics of Mecca Madina, chaadars and some other secular stuff. There were hardly any visitors to the dargah. It seems that the place is abuzz during the Urs only.
The main gate of the Dargah is a mini charminar. The main gate below
Went straight inside the dargah. The sanctum santorum was not the usual dargah style. It was rather a huge balloon kind of thing on top of the dargah. Perhaps so many chaddars have been put that its seems like a bloated been bag...see if you can get that from the pics I clicked.
Also, present were a couple of devotees, who seem to be talking to the Peer of the Dargah i.e Baba Mastan (Hazrat Kaleem Ulla Shah Qadri) You will find this at many dargahs...where devotees get into a 'zone' where they start communicating directly with the Peer. I have seen this at Ajmer also.
Another very interesting thing about this dargah is that its open air. There is no roof to the mazaar. Its just in the middle of a courtyard...thats it. Perhaps Babaji wanted some fresh air. In India, I know of another temple in Himachal called the Shikari Devi in Mandi district...out there also the temple doesnt have any roof and there's are many stories around it.
Found some living quarters of very poor people behind the dargah. There is a huge lake just behind the dargah...but I dont think its maintained...found a lot of filth there.
Didnt really connect with the supreme at the Dargah...but was happy that I made it to the place. May be that was what the supreme power wanted me to see and experience there.
Apparently, you get rid of jinns and balayas if you visit this dargah...I am sure there were none with me...I walked out clean anyway.
P.S - I read online that amongst the celebrity devotees of this Dargah is AR Rahman...may be this place is close from Chennai...thats the reason.
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