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Parbraham Ashram or ''Parbirham Ashram'' or ''Faqir Parbraham ashram'' or ''Parbraham Ashram Verijhap'' is an
The festival is usually celebrated in the first week of June. The main ritual in the festival is the Chharhi Saheb Yatra and the sighting of the jyoti (light or flame). The Chharhi Saheb Yatra is the procession of devotees led by a man carrying the Chharri (elaborately decorated "trishul") to the temple in Verhi Jhap. The Chharri symbolises the spiritual power of the Shri Parbirham. During the procession, devotees recite religious chant. The next ritual is the sighting of the jyoti. It is a mysterious flame that is said to rise from a thick bush tree near the temple after the sunset. The devotees wait for hours to witness the Jyoti. However, there have been years in which the joti was not sighted.
ashram
An ashram ( sa, आश्रम, ) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery
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located in Verhi Jhap village in Diplo
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in Tharparkar district
Tharparkar (Dhatki/ sd, ٿرپارڪر, ur, ), also known as Thar, is a district in Sindh province in Pakistan headquartered at Mithi. Before Indian independence it was known as the Thar and Parkar district.
The district is the largest in Sin ...
in the Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
Province of Pakistan. The ashram is famous for its annual Dada Parbriham (Faqeer Parbirham) Mela which is participated by a large number of Hindus from Sindh and Balochistan.
Faqeer Parbirham Mela
The festival is usually celebrated in the first week of June. The main ritual in the festival is the Chharhi Saheb Yatra and the sighting of the jyoti (light or flame). The Chharhi Saheb Yatra is the procession of devotees led by a man carrying the Chharri (elaborately decorated "trishul") to the temple in Verhi Jhap. The Chharri symbolises the spiritual power of the Shri Parbirham. During the procession, devotees recite religious chant. The next ritual is the sighting of the jyoti. It is a mysterious flame that is said to rise from a thick bush tree near the temple after the sunset. The devotees wait for hours to witness the Jyoti. However, there have been years in which the joti was not sighted.
See also
*Sant Nenuram Ashram
Sant Nenuram Ashram is an Ashram located in Islamkot city in the Tharparkar District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is one of the most revered temples of the Hindu community in Pakistan. It is 45 km away from the district capital Mithi ...
*Churrio Jabal Durga Mata Temple
Churrio Jabal Durga Mata Temple (چوڙيو جبل, pronunciation: choo-ryo ja-bal) is situated on a hill named Churrio, located in Nangarparkar in the Tharparkar District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. This is a historic temple and is visit ...
*Ramapir Temple Tando Allahyar
The Rama Pir Mandir is a Hindu temple dedicated to Ramdev Pir in Tando Allahyar in Sindh, Pakistan. The annual Ramapir Mela festival is the second largest Hindu pilgrimage in Pakistan, after the annual Hinglaj yatra, which is the largest Hindu ...
*Umarkot Shiv Mandir
Umarkot Shiv Mandir (), also known as Amarkot Shiv Mandir, is a Hindu temple situated in Umerkot District, near Rana Jaageer Goth, in Sindh Province of Pakistan. This temple is perhaps the oldest in Sindh. The temple is one of the most sacred H ...
*Hinglaj Mata mandir
Hinglaj Mata (Hindi: हिंगलाज माता, bal, هنگلاج ماتا, ), also known as Hinglaj Devi, Hingula Devi and Nani Mandir, is a Hindu temple in Hinglaj, a town on the Makran coast in the Lasbela district of Balochistan, a ...
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