![]() ![]() Building complex Entry to the shrine The shrine's inner sanctum is the site of the saint's tomb. The Hindu Bhil and Kolhi communities revere the shrine, as Shah Abdul Latif's poetry is considered to be tolerant of other beliefs. ![]() Male singers at the shrine mimic female voices by singing in falsetto to mimic heroines in Shah Abdul Latif's poetry. Women serve as caretakers of tombs within the shrine complex. The shrine is 125 kilometres from the popular Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan Sharif. His collected poems were assembled in the compilation Shah Jo Risalo. The shrine was built for Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, a noted Sindhi Sufi scholar, mystic, saint, and poet who is widely considered to be the greatest Muslim poet of the Sindhi language. The shrine is considered to be one of the most important in Sindh, and its annual urs festival attracts up to 500,000 visitors. The Shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ( Urdu: شاہ عبداللطیف بھٹائی مزار Sindhi: شاهہ عبداللطيف ڀٽائي جي مزار) is an 18th-century Sufi shrine located in the town of Bhit Shah, in the Pakistani province of Sindh.
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