People cutting across faith pay obeisance at Urs of Syed Rasool Shah

Chandi Marh area in Poonch district of India's northern state of Jammu and Kashmir is well known for amity between Hindus and Muslims. And the celebration of annual Urs of Saint Syed Rasool Shah is a perfect example of this fact. Every year devotees from different faiths come here in large numbers to pay obeisance to the revered saint. Legend has that the saint was a mystic who devoted his entire life for the betterment of mankind and preached communal harmony.