Kasur: Bulleh Shah's Urs begins
Fool proof security has been ensured to facilitate the devotees and avoid any untoward happening.
KASUR (Dunya News) – Festivities of 257th annual Urs of one of the greatest Sufi saint of the sub-continent, Baba Bulleh Shah has begun at his shrine in Kasur today.
The celebrations are to continue for three days from August 24 to August 26. The shrine of Baba Bulleh Shah was bathed with rose water in an ambiance that spoke mysticism.
Hundreds of people from across Punjab and other provinces have started reaching Bulleh Shah’s shrine to pay homage to their beloved Sufi.
Food and milk has also been arranged in order to facilitate the devotees coming to visit the shrine from far flung areas.
DCO Kasur, members of the national and provincial assembly and a large number of scholars would also be gathering to participate in the ceremonies.
Reportedly 1600 security officers have been deployed at the sight so that fool proof security maybe ensured and the celebrations of the Urs go smooth and any untoward incident may also be avoided.
Bulleh Shah is believed to have been born in 1680, in the small village of Uch, Bahawalpur, Punjab. Getting early education in Pandoke, he went to Kasur for higher education. Maulana Mohiyuddin and eminent Sufi saint, Shah Inayat Qadiri were among his spiritual teachers.
Most of what is known about Bulleh Shah is from the legends and is therefore mostly subjective.
The verse form Bulleh Shah primarily employed was Kafi. His poetry and philosophy strongly criticizes Islamic religious orthodoxy of his day. Baba Bulleh Shah was a beacon of hope and peace for the citizens of Punjab in the times of communal strife between Muslims and Sikhs.
Bulleh Shah’s writing provides solution to the sociological problems of the world hence representing him as a humanitarian. His poetry highlights his mystical spiritual voyage through the four stages of Sufism: Shariat (Path), Tariqat (Observance), Haqiqat (Truth) and Marfat (Union).
Bulleh Shah expresses complex issues ingenuously so it appeals to the masses. That explains why renowned singers from Waddali Brothers, Abida Parveen and Pathanay Khan to the rock band Junoon have put his Kafis into their own music.
Bulleh Shah’s popularity stretches uniformly across Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims, this is evident from the fact that much of the written material about him is from Hindu and Sikh authors.
