Waiting to pay tribute to Holy Saint Makdhoom Shah Baba, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
As these pictures were shot on the last day of the Mahim Makdhoom Shah Baba Urus , all in a few hours , a lot of people were surprised to see me at the Dargah, they thought I was out of India .
I used to visit the Dhuni at the back of the Mahim dargah every year regularly in the past , , so I was a known fixture during the Urus but this year I was not in good health so kept away, but yes the Holy Saint called me too , and I was here, with my good friend Sakib the florist.
Guys at the Dhuni were happy to see me, and much has changed most of the old faces have disappeared , my good friend Barsati Baba who was the Murshad last year had to give his Gaddi to a new Murshad Sarkar Ali Baba from Hyderabad.
I gave money to the Murshad to buy milk for tea , the tea made on the Holy fire of the Dhuni is out of this world a lot of butter is added in the tea.
Food or Niyaz too is cooked on the holy fire.
I shot a lot of pictures than moved out , I did not shoot the possessed ladies , and I came out of the Mahim dargah, shot the Food Gully and the Kashmiri beggars.From here I reached the Dargah of Fakhruddin Baba and shot a few sandals.
Last night I shot the Fakhruddin Shah Baba sandal too.
