Spiritual Rituals at Sufi Shrines in Punjab: A Study of Khawaja Shams-Ud-Din Sialvi, Sial Sharif and Meher Ali Shah of Golra Sharif

Abdul Qadir Mushtaq, Muhammad Shabbir and Zil-e-Huma Rafique
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Abdul Qadir Mushtaq: Assistant Professor,Department of History and Pakistan Studies,GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Muhammad Shabbir: Assistant Professor,Department of Sociology,GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Zil-e-Huma Rafique: Lecturer,Department of History and Pakistan Studies, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

Global Regional Review, 2019, vol. 4, issue 1, 209-214

Abstract: This research narrates Sufi institution's influence on the religious, political and cultural system. The masses frequently visit Sufi shrines and perform different rituals. The shrines of Khawaja Shams-Ud-Din Sialvi of Sial Sharif and Meher Ali Shah of Golra Sharif have been taken as case study due to their religious importance. It is a common perception that people practice religion according to their cultural requirements and this paper deals rituals keeping in view cultural practices of the society. It has given new direction to the concept of "cultural dimensions of religious analysis" by Clifford Geertz who says "religion: as a cultural system" i.e. a system of symbols which synthesizes a people's ethos and explain their words. Eaton and Gilmartin have presented same historical analysis of the shrines of Baba Farid, Taunsa Sharif and Jalalpur Sharif. This research is descriptive and analytical. Primary and secondary sources have been consulted.

Keywords: Khanqah; Dargah; SajjadaNashin; Culture; Esoteric; Exoteric; Barakah (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).23

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