Bade Purush Dargah

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Dargah Bade Purush Baba Dikauli Sharif
Tomb of Hazrat Ameer Nasrullah alias Bade Purush or Budhwa Baba.jpg
Tomb of Hazrat Ameer Nasrullah alias Bade Purush or Budhwa Baba
Religion
Affiliation Islam
District Shravasti
Province Uttar Pradesh
Deity Hazrat Ameer Nasrullah alias Bade Purush or Budhwa Baba
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Shrine
StatusActive
Location
LocationDikauli Village, Pipri, Shravasti District, Uttar Pradesh, 271804
State Uttar Pradesh
CountryIndia
Architecture
Type Mosque, Sufi mausoleum
Style Modern

Dargah Bade Purush Baba Dikauli Sharif or Bade Purush Dargah is a dargah (shrine) located at Dikauli village in Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh, India near Bahraich. [1] It is the dargah of Hazrat Ameer Nasrullah or Nasrullah Shah or Hazrat Saiyyad Nasrullah Gaazi or Mir Nasrullah, who is famously known as Bade Purush or Bade Purukh [1] and Budhwa Baba. [2] Bade Purush is revered by both the Muslims and Hindus. [3]

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Dargah Bade Purush Baba Dikauli Sharif Bade Purush Dargah (Dome).jpg
Dargah Bade Purush Baba Dikauli Sharif

Various sources described him being the uncle (Bade Walid or Taau) of Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud. [1] [4] [5] He was the commander in the army of Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud. He died in the battle (1034 CE) before Salar Masud at Dikauli village, where his tomb is located at a distance of fifteen kilometres on the Bahraich - Bhinga road. [6] A large number of Hindus and Muslims perform ziyarat at the mausoleum of Bade Purush. [3]

Fair and event

An annual fair is held throughout the month of Jeth at the shrine of Bade Purush. The place is visited by pilgrims from every corner of the country, including Gonda, Bihar, Siddharth Nagar, Basti, Gorakhpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Pratapgarh, Allahabad and neighbouring country Nepal. The pilgrims arrive performing music with Dhol Majira and worshipped with incense sticks, camphor, perfume and offered chadar and sinni. [7] [8] [3] [9]

According to the old tradition, before visiting the tomb of Ghazi Salar Masud of Bahraich, pilgrims pay obeisance at the shrine of Bade Purush. [10]

Accessibility

The Dargah is situated at a distance of about 22 km from the district headquarters of Shravasti. It is away 15 km from Bahraich. [1]

Other sources

Kumar Suresh Singh, in his survey book, People of India: Uttar Pradesh, Volume 3, published by Anthropological Survey of India, describes Bade Purukh as the spiritual guide of Ghazi Mian (Salar Masud). [11]

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