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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Baba Reshi
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| image_skyline = Baba Reshi Shrine3.jpg
| image_alt = Ziyarat Baba Reshi
| image_caption = Baba Reshi Shrine
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| pushpin_map_alt = Shrine of Baba Reshi map
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Baramulla district|Baramulla]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
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| subdivision_name = India
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Baramulla district|Baramulla]]
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| settlement_type = village
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[English language|English]]<ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020 | url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=30 May 2021 | archive-date=24 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141909/http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| timezone = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| coordinates = {{coord|34|03|32.31|N|74|25|28.17|E|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m = 1593
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| postal_code = 193402
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'''Baba Reshi''' is a settlement in [[Baramulla district]] of the Indian [[union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. It is named after the [[Sufi]] saint Baba Reshi. It is located about {{cvt|13|km}} from [[Gulmarg]] near the Alpather Lake.

== History ==
Baba Reshi is named after Baba Reshi, a revered 15th-century [[Sufi saint]] from [[Kashmir Valley|Kashmir]]. He was born as Payam ud-Din in 1411 CE in Chander-nau-gaon, near [[Ganderbal]], and was the son of a nobleman serving in the court of Sultan [[Zayn al-Abidin the Great|Zayn al-Abidin]]. He experienced a spiritual awakening after observing ants diligently gathering food for the winter, prompting him to contemplate the transient nature of worldly possessions and the importance of the afterlife.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Kaul |first=Upendra |date=2024-06-13 |title=The Story of Baba Rishi |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/op-ed-2/the-story-of-baba-rishi/ |access-date=2025-10-07 |work=Greater Kashmir |language=en-US}}</ref> Motivated by this, he renounced his wealth and status, and went to [[Nund Rishi]] for guidance. He was sent to train with Baba Shukur-ud-Din Wali, who tasked him to fetch water from [[Wular Lake]] to the top of the Sharikot Hill for almost two years. He later directed him to go to Sakhi Zain al-Din Wali for further training in [[Aishmuquam]]. After completing his spiritual training, Baba Reshi moved to Ramboh village in [[Baramulla district]], where he dedicated himself to prayer and meditation, and attracted several followers with his piety and wisdom. He spent the remainder of his life in the forested area near [[Tangmarg]], and died in 1480 CE.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://saintsofislam.com/tazkira-e-auliya-biographies/hazrat-payamuddin-alias-baba-rishi-tang-margkashmir/ |title=Hazrat Payamuddin alias Baba Rishi Tang-Marg, Kashmir |work=saintsofislam.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101165044/http://saintsofislam.com/tazkira-e-auliya-biographies/hazrat-payamuddin-alias-baba-rishi-tang-margkashmir/ |archivedate=2015-11-01 }}</ref>

==Baba Reshi Shrine==
Situated at an altitude of about {{cvt|7,000|ft}}, the Baba Reshi shrine is a three-storey monument located at the village. Built-in 1480 CE, in [[Mughal architecture|Mughal]] and Persian style, the [[Ziyarat]] shrine and its surrounding garden is a tourist attraction as well as a destination for pilgrims visiting the shrine. This shrine has a large [[minaret]] and the Noor Khwan with the grave of the Sufi saint lies inside the building. It is covered with cloth with embroideries depicting calligraphy from [[Quran]]. The Noor Khwan is made of glass and [[wood carvings]].<ref name="Info">{{cite web|url=https://baramulla.nic.in/tourist-place/ziyarat-baba-reshi/|title=Ziyarat Baba Reshi|work=Baramulla district administration|access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref>

On 2 September 1989, the 300-year-old shrine was gutted in a fire under mysterious circumstances, which caused severe damage to several buildings surrounding the shrine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/When-the-water-in-the-spring-turned-black/article12308690.ece |title=When the water in the spring turned black|first=Rahul | last=Pandita| date=19 January 2013 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=18 April 2018 }}</ref>

The [[Urs]] or the anniversary of Baba Payam ud din Reshi is celebrated annually and people from far off places visit the Shrine on the occasion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/mobi/news/briefs/employees-lock-mc-office-at-tangmarg/154337.html|title=Employees lock MC office at Tangmarg|work=Greater Kashmir}}</ref>

There are accommodations for tourists and pilgrims around the shrine. Each building has a Daan or cooking place where the Kashmiris prepare their meals and everyone traditionally contributes some of it to the [[Langar (Sufism)|Langar]]. The Langar staff distribute the food later in charity.{{cn|date=April 2026}}

<gallery>
File:Baba Reshi shrine 01.jpg| Complex view from outside
File:Entrance of Ziyarat Baba Reshi shrine 02.jpg|Entrance
File:Inner view of Ziyarat Baba Reshi shrine 03.jpg|Inner view from corner
File:Inner view of Ziyarat Baba Reshi shrine 04.jpg|Inner view
File:Tomb view of Baba Reshi 05.jpg|Tomb of Baba Reshi
File:Ziyarat Baba Reshi shrine (view from first floor) 06.jpg|Ziyarat Baba Reshi shrine (view from first floor)
File:Ziyarat Baba Reshi shrine (Outer view) 07.jpg|Ziyarat Baba Reshi shrine (Outer view)
File:Mosque ,Ziyarat Baba Reshi shrine (Prayer complex of Mosque) 08.jpg|Mosque at the Ziyarat Baba Reshi shrine
</gallery>

==Transport==
Baba Reshi is located near the Alpather Lake, about {{cvt|13|km}} from [[Gulmarg]] on the highway connecting to [[Srinagar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/for-contributors/take-steps-to-stop-mishaps-on-baba-reshi-baramulla-road-residents-to-govt/128053.html|title=Take steps to stop mishaps on Baba Reshi-Baramulla road: Residents to govt|work=Greater Kashmir}}</ref> The nearest airport is [[Srinagar International Airport]] and the nearest railway station is the [[Mazhom railway station]].<ref name="Info"/>

==References==
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{{Jammu and Kashmir}}

{{Villages in Baramulla district}}

[[Category:Villages in Baramulla district]]

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