R.S. Pura | July 5
The annual Mela of Baba ‘Fateh Mohammad’ was celebrated with great religious fervor and gaiety at village Gagian near here today.
Over thousands of people, who had come from far flung areas of district Jammu participated in the Mela. ‘Naat-Khani’ and Bhajans were recited at the ‘Mazar’ of Baba. .
According to villagers, the ‘Mazar’ of Baba at the village is about 150 year old. Bhana Ram ,a- 85 year old villager while talking to this correspondent said “my elders used to say that Fateh Mohammad was God fearing man and used to graze cattle in nearby jungles. He was fond of animals and used to treat them nicely. One day while grazing the animals, he sat this place (Mazar) and attained ‘Samadhi’ and since then the people of the area started paying respects to him. A number of miracles are associated with him, he said and added villagers every year on this day (5th July) celebrate animal affair in his honour.
Not only Muslims, even the Hindus and the Sikhs also visit the ‘Mazar’ and pay their obeisance to Baba. A ‘bhandara’ was also organized on the occasion by Naresh Choudhary, Kamal Bhagat, Nittal Bhagat, Bodh Raj, Nittu Kumar, Bhushan Choudhary, Surinder Singh, Sohan Choudhary, Ashwani Kumar, Bodh Raj, Mukesh Kumar, Sachin, Mintu Choudhary, Jasbir Choudhary, Mohinder Lal, Anwar Hussain, Shahnaz Khan, Gagi, S, Balvinder Singh and Karan Singh.
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