Today is the Urs or death anniversary of one of the greatest saints of Islam, Hazrat Moinudeen Chishti Ajmeri, also known as Gharib Nawaz [friend of the poor]. Some of his other honorifics are Sultan ul Hind [the King of India] and Khwaja Buzurg [the venerable Master] and Naaib e Rasul[ deputy of the Prophet, peace be upon him].
Sufis take these honorifics seriously by the way: they are not arbitrary but rather given by God & His Prophet.
It would be hard to overestimate the love & veneration that the majority of ordinary Muslims of India Pakistan & Bangladesh feel for this great Wali. Ajmer, site of Hazrat's shrine, is quite simply the spiritual heart of India.
The photo above is from a beautiful photoset by Haji Saeed Chisthi here
There is an excellent biography of the Master here.
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