Srinagar, July 19 -- Kashmir is known over centuries as the land of Rishis, Sufis and mystics. Here a Khanqah, Shrine or tomb is visible in every locality where the devotees use to throng of and on. One such blessed locality is Trechal Pulwama where the shrine of famous Sufi Hazrat Syed Mohammad Sikandar Andrabi is located besides the tomb of another Sufi Hazrat Syed Roum Shah.

The birth of Hazrat Syed Mohammad Sikandar Andrabi (may Allah have mercy on him) took place around 1896 in the Puchal village of district Pulwama. He is a progeny of Syed Mir Mirak Andrabi . It is said that a son of the latter, Mir Syed Ahmad Qasim Andrabi ,migrated from Jamalta Srinagar to Puchal where he lies buried. He had three children and one amongst them wa...