Pir Shah Nafah Shrine
Dargah · An unnamed Persian Pir who is said to have come under the guidance of Khwaja Moi · Munger fort, Munger, Bihar
The Pir is regarded as the protector of the town and the shrine as a place of wish fulfilment; both...
A shrine on raised ground near the southern gate of Munger fort, with a mosque built in 1497 and many old tombs in dilapidated condition around it. It is about half a kilometre from Munger city centre; Munger railway station is the nearest railhead and Patna airport is 185 km away.
Plan your visit
- Area
- Munger
- Status
- Coming Soon
Festivals
- Annual observance on 1 January, with the offering of chaddar and a musical programme
Yatras that include Pir Shah Nafah Shrine
- Sufi Yatra: Inside Munger fort, where a saint's tomb and a Mughal wall share a hill.
Tirtham can arrange here
Guide, car and stay around Munger
Also around Munger
- Manjusha art of Bhagalpur: The only Indian folk painting told as a strip, in three colours, of the Bihula-Bishahari legend; GI-registered in 2021.
- Bhagalpur silk: The tussar silk of the Silk City, GI-registered in 2013.
- Jardalu mango: Bhagalpur's pale, fragrant mango, sent every year to the President; GI-registered in 2018.
- Katarni rice and chura: The fragrant rice of the Munger-Bhagalpur plain, GI-registered in 2018, best known here as beaten rice.
- Dahi chura on Makar Sankranti: The Makar Sankranti breakfast across Bihar: flattened rice, curd and jaggery, with tilkut after.
- Thekua, the Chhath prasad: The moulded wheat-and-jaggery biscuit every Bihari home fries for Chhath.
Nearby places
- Chandika Sthan: For darshan at a Shakti Peetha, and specifically for vows about eye ailments
- Kastaharni Ghat: The name means "the bathing place which expels all pains"; pilgrims bathe here believing it relieves...
- Gurdwara Pakki Sangat, Munger: Guru Tegh Bahadur stayed here on his journey east to Assam, and it was at Munger that he received news...
- Munger Fort: It is the enclosure for Munger's principal Muslim shrine and the anchor of the town's pilgrim circuit
Questions pilgrims ask
Why is Pir Shah Nafah Shrine important?
A shrine on raised ground near the southern gate of Munger fort, with a mosque built in 1497 and many old tombs in dilapidated condition around it. It is about half a kilometre from Munger city centre; Munger railway station is the nearest railhead and Patna airport is 185 km away.
Which festivals are celebrated at Pir Shah Nafah Shrine?
Annual observance on 1 January, with the offering of chaddar and a musical programme.
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