Annual Rouza Sharif Urs in Sirhind from tomorrow

The three-day annual Rouza Sharif Urs will start tomorrow atthe tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Ahmad Farooqui in Sirhind area, officials said today.
Large number of Muslims from various parts of the country will come to attend the Urs, which will be held from November 16 to November 18, they said.
Observed every year in 'Safer' month of the Muslim calendar, the Urs provided an opportunity not only to the Muslims but also the Hindus and the Sikhs to pay obeisance to the saint.
The district administration has made elaborate arrangements for holding of the Urs in front of the Baba Moti Ram Memorial Trust building near Gurdwara Sri Fatehgarh Sahib, officials said.

Rouza Sharif's Khalifa Mohammed Sadiq Raja Mujeddedi said arrangements have been made for the board and lodging of pilgrims, including a community kitchen.
He informed that the pilgrims from various countries come here to pay their obeisance.
ouza Sharif is situated on the Fatehgarh Sahib-Bassi Pathana road and the shire, built in 1929, is in the vicinity of the Gurdwara Sri Fatehgarh Sahib.
Sheikh Ahmad was the most eminent of Khwaja Baqi Billah's disciples. Around 1599, he had left Sirhind on a pilgrimage and reached Delhi where he was welcomed by Khwaja Billah.