Fire at Hazrat Syed Ali Hamdan shrine in Srinagar

Official sources said that fire was noticed in the upper storey of the wooden made shrine. However, fire tenders were rushed from different parts of the city.

Besides, locals also joined to control the flames.

The exact damage to the shrine was being ascertained, they said.

The Shahi Hamdan was born in Hamadan, Iran. He travelled across the continents for twenty-one years, in the pursuit of knowledge and spiritual enlightenment. He met 1400 saints in the process before he returned to Hamadan. The Shah of Hamadan visited Kashmir in 1372.