Dargah Bade Purush Baba Dikauli Sharif or Bade Purush Dargah is a

Dargah A dargah ( fa, درگاه ''dargâh'' or ''dargah'', Turkish: ''dergâh'', Hindustani: ''dargah'' दरगाह درگاہ, bn, দরগাহ ''dorgah'') is a shrine or tomb built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often ...

(shrine) located at Dikauli village in

Shravasti district Shravasti district is one of the districts of the Uttar Pradesh state of India, with Bhinga town as its district headquarters. Shravasti district is a part of Devipatan Division. According to Government of India, it is among the 121 minority co ...

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, near

Bahraich Bahraich is a city and a municipal board in Bahraich district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Located on the Saryu River, a tributary of the Ghaghara river, Bahraich is north-east of Lucknow, the state capital. The districts of Barab ...

. It is the dargah of Hazrat Ameer Nasrullah or Nasrullah Shah or Hazrat Saiyyad Nasrullah Gaazi or Mir Nasrullah, who is famously known as Bade Purush or Bade Purukh and Budhwa Baba. Bade Purush is revered by both the

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and

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. Various sources described him being the uncle (Bade Walid or Taau) of

Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud Ghazi Salar Masud or Ghazi Miyan (1014 – 1034 CE) was a semi-legendary Muslim figure from India. By the 12th century, he had become reputed as a warrior, and his tomb (''dargah'') at Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, India, had become a place of pilgrima ...

. He was the commander in the army of

. He died in the battle (1034 CE) before Salar Masud at Dikauli village, where his tomb is located at a distance of fifteen kilometres on the

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road. A large number of Hindus and Muslims perform

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at the mausoleum of Bade Purush.

Fair and event

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at the shrine of Bade Purush. The place is visited by pilgrims from every corner of the country, including Gonda,

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, Siddharth Nagar, Basti,

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, Pratapgarh,

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and neighbouring country

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. The pilgrims arrive performing music with

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Majira and worshipped with incense sticks, camphor, perfume and offered chadar and sinni. According to the old tradition, before visiting the tomb of Ghazi Salar Masud of Bahraich, pilgrims pay obeisance at the shrine of Bade Purush.

Accessibility

The Dargah is situated at a distance of about 22 km from the district headquarters of

Shravasti Shravasti ( sa, श्रावस्ती, translit=Śrāvastī; pi, 𑀲𑀸𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻, translit=Sāvatthī) is a city and district headquarter of Shravasti district in Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It was the capital of the an ...

. It is away 15 km from

Other sources

Kumar Suresh Singh, in his survey book, ''

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: Uttar Pradesh, Volume 3'', published by

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, describes Bade Purukh as the spiritual guide of Ghazi Mian (Salar Masud).

Photo gallery

File:Dikauli Village, Shravasti.jpg, Dikauli village where Dargah Bade Purush located File:Tomb of Bade Purush.jpg, Tomb of Bade Purush File:Tomb of Sati Amina.jpg, Tomb of Sati Amina adjoining the tomb of Bade Purush in the Dargah premises

References

{{reflist Dargahs in India Shravasti district Bahraich district Buildings and structures in Uttar Pradesh Ghaznavid Empire Medieval India