Ameen Peer Dargah

Ameen Peer Dargah

  • امین پیر درگاہ
  • అమీన్ పీర్ దర్గా - పెద్ద దర్గా

Basic information
Location Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India
Geographic coordinates 14°29′06″N 78°49′27″E / 14.485023°N 78.824265°E / 14.485023; 78.824265Coordinates: 14°29′06″N 78°49′27″E / 14.485023°N 78.824265°E / 14.485023; 78.824265
Affiliation Islam
Branch/tradition Chistiya
Ownership Khwaja Syed Shah Arifullah Hussaini (Sajjade Nasheen)
Architectural description
Architect(s) Pilgrimage
Architectural type Mosque
Architectural style Islamic architecture
Date established 1683
Ameen Peer Dargah shrine.
Ameen Peer Dargah shrine.

Ameenpeer Dargah : (امین پیر درگاہ) (అమీన్ పీర్ దర్గా - పెద్ద దర్గా) is a sufi shrine located in the Kadapa City in Andhra Pradesh, India.[1]

This Dargah or Asthana (shrine) otherwise called as Asthana-e-Magdoom Ilahi (آستانہ مخدوم الہی), situated in Asthana-e-Magdoom Ilahi Dargah complex, locally known as Badi Dargah, Pedda Dargah (Telugu) in Kadapa (Cuddapah) city. It is known for its preaching of communal harmony.[2] It is claimed folk that the saints of the shrine are the descendants of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.[3]

Visitors

Several notable Indian personalities have visited this shrine, among them Mrs. Indira Gandhi, Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, and A.R. Rahman and Eemani gopi reddy.Ee[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ysrkadzp.appr.gov.in/hidden/-/asset_publisher/di5XrVERUf8s/content/ameenpeer-dargah-pedda-dargah/3052694
  2. ↑ http://www.ysrkadzp.appr.gov.in/hidden/-/asset_publisher/di5XrVERUf8s/content/ameenpeer-dargah-pedda-dargah/3052694
  3. ↑ http://aptdc.gov.in/blog/the-holy-and-divine-ameen-peer-dargah/
  4. ↑ http://www.ysrkadzp.appr.gov.in/hidden/-/asset_publisher/di5XrVERUf8s/content/ameenpeer-dargah-pedda-dargah/3052694

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