Overview

• The annual Urs at Lahore’s Data Darbar concluded Aug. 13–15 with drumming, bright lights and trance-like devotional dance.
• Processions arrived from across Pakistan with Quranic recitations and ceremonial chaddars placed on the saint’s tomb.
• A round-the-clock langar served free meals as qawwali singers led gatherings of worshippers throughout the festival.
• Attendance was reported at up to one million people visiting the shrine complex over the three days.
• Hazrat Ali Hajveri, born in Ghazni in 990 and buried in Lahore in 1077, is revered as the city’s patron saint.