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A 700-year-old dargah, a tradition of inclusivity, and a threat: Urs at Haji Malang in Mumbai

Both Senas offer prayers at shrine to mark ‘Malanggad Yatra’

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will visit the Haji Malang Dargah, which right-wing groups claim is a temple, for the ‘Malanggad Yatra’ on Saturday.

Demolished only newly built encroachments, says dept

ZEESHAN SHAIKH speaks to Dr Rama Shyam who has written a thesis—“Processes of Syncretism in the Haji Malang Complex and Associated Liminalities”—on the significance of the shrine and origins of the controversy.

The CMs mentor, Anand Dighe first raised claims over the 12th Century Sufi saints shrine in the mid-80s. He was taking a leaf out of the Sena playbook

MUMBAI/KALYAN: Brandishing his Hindutva credentials, chief minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday raked up a longstanding dispute over Kalyan's Haji Malang.

A handful of devotees who undertook a two-hour winding ascent to reach the final resting place of the Sufi saint were also oblivious to the latest controversy.

The Haji Malang Dargah, which is located on a hill south of Kalyan, is named after sufi saint Haji Abd-ul-Rahman, popularly known as Haji Malang Baba.