Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Masood Ganjshakar shrine
The Shrine (mazar/mazār) is vast and spacious, located in the city of PAKPATTAN,
otherwise Pākpattan Sharīf. At first his tomb and shrine were
constructed under the supervision of Saint Nizamuddin Auliya/Khawaja
Nizamuddin Aulia. The shrine is made entirely of marble. Some years back
it was partly made of marble and bricks. Charity food called Langar is
distributed all day by visitors and the Auqaf Department, which
administrates the shrine. The shrine is open all day and night for
visitors. The shrine has its own huge electricity generator that is used
whenever there is power cut or loadshedding, so the shrine remains
bright all night, all year round. There is no separation of male and
female areas but a small female area is also there. There is a big new
mosque in the shrine. Thousands of people daily visit the shrine for
their wishes and unresolvable matters; for this they vow to give to some
charity when their wishes or problems are resolved. When their matters
are solved they bring charity food for visitors and the poor, and drop
money in big money boxes that are kept for this purpose. This money is
collected by the Auqaf Department that looks after the shrine.
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