Peer Dastgeer Sahib Shrine

Clashes broke out between angry protesters and police in the old town of Srinagar following a blaze that gutted one of the most revered shrines in Kashmir. The fire started at the roof of the 300-year-old Sufi shrine of Hazrat Shaikh Abdula Qadir Jeelani, populary known as Peer Dastgeer Sahib, in Khanyar in downtown Srinagar, Officials say, the fi...

A fire broke out at the more than century old shrine of Dastgeer Sahib in the Khanyar area of Srinagar. Fire tenders have been rushed to the spot to bring the blaze under control at the shrine that is mostly made up of wood. However ancient relics of the saint, housed in the Shrine have been saved and retrieved. Officials say since they were kept i...

Clashes broke out between angry protesters and police in the old town of Srinagar following a blaze that gutted one of the most revered shrines in Kashmir. The fire started at the roof of the 300-year-old Sufi shrine of Hazrat Shaikh Abdula Qadir Jeelani, populary known as Peer Dastgeer Sahib, in Khanyar in downtown Srinagar, Officials say, the fi...

A fire broke out at the more than century old shrine of Dastgeer Sahib in the Khanyar area of Srinagar. Fire tenders have been rushed to the spot to bring the blaze under control at the shrine that is mostly made up of wood. However ancient relics of the saint, housed in the Shrine have been saved and retrieved. Officials say since they were kept i...