'Haji Malang Dargah' which was in discussion recently, is located in Maharashtra.

'Haji Malang Dargah' which was in discussion recently, is located in Maharashtra.

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Category : National Published on: January 08 2024

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  • Haji Malang Dargah is located in Thane district of Maharashtra.
  • Recently this Dargah has been in the news because the Chief Minister of Maharashtra has claimed this Dargah to be a temple.
  • Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said that he will definitely liberate this temple.
  • Regarding this Dargah, the right-wing group claims that this Dargah is actually a temple which has been given the form of a Dargah.
  • The first controversy regarding this Dargah occurred in the 18th century when Muslims objected to the maintenance of the Dargah by a Brahmin.
  • Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe had claimed in 1980 that this is not a dargah but a temple.
  • Shiv Sena and right-wing groups address this dargah as 'Shri Malanggarh'.
  • Haji Malang Dargah is located near Malanggarh Fort on the hills of Matheran, 3000 feet above sea level in Maharashtra.
  • This shrine is of Haji Abd-ul-Rahman, the 12th-century Sufi saint of Yemen.
  • People living around this Dargah know this Dargah by the name of Haji Malang Baba.
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