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Friday, November 1, 2013

The Monument of Hazrat Shah Jalal

Monument of saint Hazarat Shah Jalal is the most historic attention in Sylhet town. Today, more than six hundred years after his passing, the monument is visited by countless devotees of  every caste and creed, who make the journey from faraway places. Legend says, the great saint who came from Delhi to expound Islam and beaten the then Hindu Raja (King) Gour Gobinda, transformed the sorcery followers of the Raja into catfishes which are still alive in the tank adjacent to the monument Swords, the holy Quran and the robes of the holy saint are still preserved in the monument.





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