Bu Ali Shah Qalandar Dargah

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The '''Hazrat Bu Ali Shah Qalandar Dargah''' or '''Qalandar Chowk Dargah''' is a [[dargah]] ([[tomb]]) in [[Panipat]] city in the district of [[Panipat district|Panipat]] of the state of [[Haryana]],[[India]].It has the shrine of [[Bu Ali Shah Qalandar]] was a Sufi saint of the [[Chishti Order]] who lived and taught in India.<ref></ref>It is under the tourism department of the [[Government of Haryana]].<ref></ref>Here comes a large number of people from all walks of life -[[Hinduism|Hindus]], [[Islam|Muslims]],[[Sikhism|Sikhs]] and [[Christianity|Christians]]- visit the tomb and offer prayers there each Thursday and during the annual Urs Mela.

==Geography==
Bu Ali Shah Qalandar Dargah is located at Qalandar Chowk, in the heart [[Panipat]] city of [[Panipat district]].<ref></ref>
== History ==
The [[dargah]] (mausoleum or shrine), mosque and enclosure at the Qalandar Chowk in Panipat were constructed by [[Mahabat Khan]], a [[general]] in the service of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Jahangir]].Mahabat Khan's own tomb in red sandstone is adjacent to the saint's mausoleum. The tombs of Hakim Mukaram Khan and the [[Urdu language|Urdu]] poet Maulana [[Maulana Hali|Altaf Hussain Hali]] are also located within the enclosure. A nearby structure is the tomb of the last [[Lodi dynasty]] ruler of Delhi, [[Ibrahim Lodi]], killed in the [[First Battle of Panipat]] (1526).<ref>[http://bit.ly/1clf2qv Ibrahim Lodi's Tomb] </ref>

The left wall of the mausoleum has a [[qasida]] ([[panegyric]]) embossed and painted in blue and gold, written by Zahuri Neishabouri who visited India during the reign of [[Akbar]].
== Facility ==
It has a big main entry gate front of the shrine's prayer hall building.It has many washrooms and toilets for pilgrims.It has daily food processing facility fed for poor and invalid peoples and also for pilgrims.
==Gallery==
==See also==

* [[Sunni Islam]]
* [[Islam in India]]
* [[Islamic architecture]]
* [[Islamic art]]
*[[Nizamuddin Auliya]]
*[[Ajmer Sharif Dargah]]

== References ==


[[Category:Places of worship in Haryana]]
[[Category:Religion in Haryana]]
[[Category:Dargahs in India]]
[[Category:Sufi shrines in India]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Haryana]]

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