Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims honor a Sufi saint

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epa03132812 Kashmiri Muslim devotees pray as the head priest (not pictured) displays a relic of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, during the saint's birth anniversary in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 05 March 2012. Reports state that hundreds of devotees offered prayers on the annual festival at the shrine of Jilani. EPA/FAROOQ KHANFAROOQ KHAN / EPA

March 5, 2012, 9:17 AM EST

By Phaedra Singelis

Thousands of devotees thronged to the Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani's shrine in Srinagar, India which houses the relic of the saint. Today is the last day of an 11-day festival. Jilani, a Sufi saint, also known as Shah-e-Baghdad (King of Baghdad), died 872 years ago.

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