Srinagar, Kashmir. 27 November 2020. Devotees gather to pray on the eve of the annual Urs, or death anniversary, of the Sufi saint Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani at the Khaniar shrine in Srinagar, in Indian administered Kashmir. A large congregation of devotees convened to observe the Urs of the 11th century saint, a Sunni Muslim preacher and theologian considered the founder of the Qadiriyya tariqa of Sufism. During the Urs a holy relict was displayed to the crowd of faithful

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