Khanqah Of Shah Hamdan, Srinagar

Khanqah of Shah Hamdan is also famous by the name of Shah-i-Hamdan Mosque and Khanqah-e-Molla was built by Sultan Sikander in 1400 AD on the banks of the river Jhelum in Srinagar. The mosque was constructed in honour of Mir Syed Ali Hamdani, the Muslim saint who first popularised the religion of Islam in Jammu and Kashmir.

Mir Syed Ali Hamdani’s death anniversary is celebrated here on the sixth day of Dul-Haj, the last month of the Islamic Lunar calendar year. Devotees visit this shrine in large numbers on this day to offer their prayers.

A beautiful wooden structure with an intricately carved roof and hanging bells sit within the shrine. The interior walls of the shrine have ancient, historical texts and religious sermons inscribed on them.