Summary Large number of devotees from across the country reached Kot Mithan to attend Urs ceremony.
KOT MITHAN (Dunya News) - The 122nd Urs celebrations of distinguished religious scholar and Siraeki poet Hazrat Khawaja Ghulam Fareed (RA) will begin at his shrine in Kot Mithan near Rajanpur today (Tuesday) which will continue for three days.
Mashaikh and a large number of devotees from across the country reached Kot Mithan to participate in the ceremony. Mehfil-e-Sama will also be held during the Urs days in which renowned Qawwals would present mystic poetry.
Khwaja Ghulam Fareed was a Seraiki poet, Chishti-Nizami mystic and Sajjada nashin (Patron saint) of the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. He was born in 1261 A.H. and died at Chacharan Shrif but buried at Kot Mithan.
He was a great scholar of his time and wrote several books. He knew Arabic, Persian, urdu, Sindhi, Panjabi, Braj Bhasha, and Seraiki. He also wrote some poems in Sindhi, Persian, and Braj Bhasha.
