Schools in the provincial capital of Punjab will remain closed on August 26 (Monday) due to the Yours (death anniversary) of Sufi saint Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh, officials said Friday.
An official notification issued in this regard stated that all public and private schools in Lahore will observe a holiday on the occasion of Urs.
Devotees mark the event every year with three-day ceremonies. The commemorations will begin tomorrow (Saturday) at the shrine of the revered saint, known as 'Data Darbar'.
Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh was an 11th century Persian Sufi and scholar. He was born in Ghazni, Afghanistan (990 AD) during the Ghaznavid Empire and settled and died in Lahore spreading the spirit of brotherhood in Sufism.
Hundreds of devotees, including religious scholars and Sufis, flock to Data Darbar, considered the largest Sufi shrine in South Asia, to take part in the Yours every year.
