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[[File:Celebrating Mela Chiraghan ("Festival of Lights") a three-day annual festival to mark the death anniversary of Punjabi poet and Sufi saint Shah Hussain.jpg|thumb|150px|Celebrating Mela Chiraghan]]
'''Mela Chiraghan''' or '''Mela Shalimar''' ({{lang-pa|{{Nastaliq|میلہ چراغاں}}}}; "Festival of Lights") is a three-day annual festival to mark the [[urs]] (death anniversary) of the [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] poet and [[Sufi]] saint [[Shah Hussain]] (1538-1599) who lived in Lahore in the 16th century. It takes place at the shrine of Shah Hussain in [[Baghbanpura]], on the outskirts of [[Lahore]], Pakistan, adjacent to the [[Shalimar Gardens (Lahore)|Shalimar Gardens]].<ref name=apna/> The festival also used to take place in the Shalimar Gardens, until President [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]] ordered against it in 1958.

The festival used to be the largest festival in the [[Punjab region|Punjab]], but now comes second to [[Basant (season)|Basant]]. Common peasants, [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] rulers, the Punjabi [[Sikh]] residents and even the British officers during their [[British Raj]]
used to show up at this festival. [[Maharaja Ranjeet Singh]] (13 Nov 1780-27 June 1839) had high respect for this 16th century [[sufi]] saint Shah Hussain.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1248883 |title= Mela Chiraghan -- Where the light is stronger than the darkness in Lahore (article with many pictures from the festival)|newspaper= Dawn (newspaper)|date= 4 April 2016|access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref> In the early half of the 19th century, during the Sikh ruling period in Punjab, Maharaja Ranjeet Singh used to lead a procession from the [[Lahore Fort]] to this festival site.<ref name=apna>(Shafqat Tanvir Mirza) [http://apnaorg.com/articles/news-1/ An article on Mela Chiraghan on Academy of the Punjab in North America (APNA) website] Published 29 March 2005, Retrieved 13 January 2020</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
A Dervish in Lahore celebrating Mela Chiraghan "Festival of Lights").jpg|A Dervish
Folk Cuisine of Lahore, Sweets at Mela Chiraghan of Madho Lal Hussain (Lahore).jpg|Folk Cuisine
Making Sweet of Mela Chiraghan, Lahore (also Known as Qatlama).jpg|Making Sweet
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Basant (season)|Basant]] or [[Basant Kite Festival (Punjab)]]
*[[Pir Mangho Urs]]
*[[Urs (Ajmer)]] in [[Rajasthan]], India
*[[Shah Hussain]]

==References==
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[[Category:Urs]]
[[Category:Punjabi culture]]
[[Category:Culture in Lahore]]
[[Category:Punjabi festivals]]
[[Category:Festivals in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Sufism in Pakistan]]

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