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One can reach Loai Dandi after a tough hike of around 2/3 hours. Approach to the shrine is the main highway between Murree and Islamabad near Lake view Park. Like his brothers, he was also an avid reader and author of two books. It was here that countless devotees received the initiation into the Naqshbandiyya silsila. After his return to the native country, Shah Abdul Latif rejoined his father to work as a farmer.

Driving through a stream of garbage-strewn lanes and filthy roadside eateries, I forced myself to walk into the Saint’s complex.

Then magic happened!

This renovated Saints complex and religious school is styled on Masjid e Nabvion the outside and likeCordoba mosque on the inside.

Towards left from the main entrance is the resting place of Bari Imam’s disciples and companions – four in total.

As Islamabad began to expand and modernize, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) initiated a series of developments that led to the relocation of many residents from Mastal Sharif to make way for new urban sectors. He dedicated his entire life to preaching and reading, and a rare collection of books in his library showcases his literary taste and indicates how well-read he was.

Shah Abdul Latif used to help his father in some activities like looking after the animals to graze in the fields and forests.

Syed Mehmood Shah along with his family migrated to Baghan Village, now Aabpara Islamabad. They pay regular visits to the shrine, especially during Urs or Mela which is around May to June every year.

From morning till night people come to offer Fatiha at the grave of Bari Sarkar.

Lots of educated men and women thronged to the place and prayed for inner peace.

Then I saw the most exquisite geometrical patterns on the inner side of the top dome, just over the Banyan Tree.

Why do devotees come to Saint Bari Sarkar’s Shrine?

People look for any hope of gaining solace and grab on to it tightly, expecting a miracle.

I am all for things that give peace and solace to the tormented, but I wonder wouldn’t have been a better tribute to the ascetic, to build a university & medical facility in this massive complex too?

Bari Imam Chilla Gah

An hour’s hike behind this complex, a little higher on the Margalla hills, is the meditation retreat of Bari Imam – Lohi Dandi.

Story of Bari Imam Chilla Gah

Legend has it that Bari Sahib’s mediation at Lohi Dandi was disturbed by Jinns & witches, which the saint turned into stone – the image of which is still there to see.

Height of Bari Chilla Gah

The Chilla Gah is about 100 meters height in total but it takes 2 hours to get there on a easy incline and cemented steps

Steps to Bari Imam Chilla Gah

there are more than 100 steps to reach the meditation site  of Bari Imam in the Margalla Hills

Gaddi Nashin of Bari Imam Sarkar

Pir Haider Ali Shah is the Gaddi Nasheen of Bari Imam nowadays.

Further behind, right over the first ridge of Margalla hills, is the deeper mediation site of Nilan Bhotu; a peaceful place, with fishes in the stream.

Here too is a ‘Sanda pathar’ (Oxen Rock) that is said to be the remains of an animal disturbing the Saint’s peace.

I don’t know if this kind of Saintly devotion has the strength to maintain the same order.

I hope our leaders get the idea and start delivering.

 Also see

Sufi Pir Mehr Ali shrine Golra Rawalpindi Pakistan

Sufi Meditation site Nilan Bhotu Islamabad

Hazir Pir Shrine Margalla Islamabad

Shah Allah Ditta Meditation Caves, Islamabad

Shah Chan Chiragh Sufi Shrine Rawalpindi