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Showing posts with label Peer Dastageer Sahib Shrine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peer Dastageer Sahib Shrine. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Peer Dastageer Sahib Shrine catches fire

I visited this Shrine recently. (at least, I saw the outside since only men are allowed inside...).  It had beautiful architecture and this is a sad loss. 

Crowds watch as firefighters try to extinguish a fire engulfing a 200-year-old Sufi shrine in Srinagar.

Local residents carry a ladder as they try to help the firefighters.

Local residents help firefighters extinguish fire at a historic shrine.

Local residents stand outside a Sufi shrine where a fire broke out in Srinagar





Apparently there were large protests because of what was viewed as a slow response from firefighters.

Protests began after fire destroyed a highly revered Sufi-shrine in downtown Srinagar.