Devotees of Baba Laal Shah Qalander gather on the occasion of his Annual Urs celebrations held at his shrine in Surasi Laal Shah was born in 1904 in village Sorasi Syedan in the Murree Hills. Every year thousands of people from across the country visit his shrine to observe the urs of Baba Laal Shah. Unlike other saints, the organisers have fixed the days of the urs that is specifically held in the summers — June 11-13 to be precise — making it a comfortable trip to beat the scorching summer.
Devotees of Baba Laal Shah Qalander gather on the occasion of his Annual Urs celebrations held at his shrine in Surasi Laal Shah was born in 1904 in village Sorasi Syedan in the Murree Hills. Every year thousands of people from across the country visit his shrine to observe the urs of Baba Laal Shah. Unlike other saints, the organisers have fixed the days of the urs that is specifically held in the summers — June 11-13 to be precise — making it a comfortable trip to beat the scorching was said to be a majzoob who, as the myth goes, lived virtually in snow without any sort of clothing on. His mythical powers were acknowledged in his lifetime and there used to at least a hundred and fifty devotees visiting him everyday. Like many other contemporary pirs, he too carried a stick and it is said that whoever among the ‘believers’ was hit by this stick, his prayer was granted. (Photo by Zubair Abbasi/Pacific Press)
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