Pakharpora Shrine

At the start of the 15th century, Syed Balkhi came to Kashmir from Balk in Afghanistan. Accepting Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani as his pee-o-murshid, he stayed on in Kashmir to follow and preach Islam. Syed Balkhi’s relatives are buried on the premises, and it is believed that upon his request to the Sheikh, the piece of graveyard on which they were buried in Balk was miraculously transported to its current spot. The name Pakharpora comes from the word Pokher meaning ‘piece of land’. To this day, one can observe some peculiar old trees planted on that particular piece of graveyard land, trees which can not be seen or found anywhere else in Kashmir.