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Makhdoom Sahib Shrine

The shrine of Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom on Hari Parbat.

Makhdoom Sahib Shrine photograph

Photo: MateenSalimBhat · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom was a Sufi teacher of the 16th century whose followers spread across the Valley. His shrine, reached by a long flight of steps up the side of Hari Parbat, is one of the most visited in Srinagar.

Facts

  • It shares the hill with the Sharika Devi shrine and a Sikh gurdwara, and the Mughal walls run below.