Scores throng Sufi poet's shrine in J&K

Srinagar: Scores of men, women and children on Sunday paid obeisance at the shrine of 19th-century Sufi poet and saint Abdul Wahab Khar in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. Dozens of local singers sang Sufi songs during the entire night to the accompaniment of musicians at Sharshalli Khrew village in Pulwama, where a free 'langar' (community kitchen) had been set up for devotees who came to attend the urs (the saint's death anniversary) and seek his blessings.Devotees had come from as far as Doda and Kishtwar areas of the Jammu region.