Kurigam

Kurigam
Kurigam
Country	India
Union Territory	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Anantnag
Languages
• Official	Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Kurigam is a village in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the nearest village from main town of Qazigund. It is famous for Sufi saints namely, Hazrat Baba Habib Shah Sahab and Hazrat Baba Mueen shah Sahab. A shrine is built on the grave of Hazrat Baba Habib Shah Sahab and Hazrat Baba Sa'd Shah Sahab whose shrine is in shampora. The grave of Hazrat Baba Mueen Shah Sahab is without a shrine. Whenever a shrine is built, the next day it collapsed due to some spiritual restrictions as per local narrations but on 23 March 2021 Maulana Hafiz Syed Zahid Hussain marked wooden structure around his blessed grave. Hazrat Baba Habib Shah sahab's Urs is celebrated every year as per Kashmiri calendar which comes in March every year.

Kurigam is the birthplace of Sufi Poet Prakash Ram Bhatt.^[3]

Transport

Kurigam is linked to Qazigund town by two roads. Railway station Qazigund was situated in Kurigam. A railway line joins Kurigam to other towns.

References

^ "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "The Icon of Dignity". dailykashmirimages.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.