Touba, Aug. 10 -- India's Sufi heritage received a significant international platform as Haji Syed Salman Chishty, 26th-generation Gaddi Nashin of Ajmer Sharif and Chairman of the Chishty Foundation, represented India at the 132nd Grand Magal of Touba in Senegal, following an official invitation from the country's Board of Religious Affairs.

The Grand Magal, one of Africa's largest spiritual gatherings, brought more than 2.5 million pilgrims to Touba this year. The 2026 edition was held under the theme "The Virtues" and commemorated the 1895 exile of Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacke (RA), founder of the Mouride Sufi Order.

Chishty was received as an official guest of the Khadim ur-Rasool (Servant of the Messenger) and met the Caliph General ...