Things You Did Not Know about Firuz-Shah-Kotla II

Exploring Firuz-Shah-Kotla, today we will unveil the supernatural power that the place has to offer, where people go to pray to the Djinns.

Worshipping Djinns, source: Amy’s Crypt

Firuz Shah Kotla is known for the home of Djinns. Often such abandoned sites are known to be the home of Djinns. Apart from Firuz Shah Kotla, we find the same belief to be associated with Jamali Kamali Mosque in the Mehrauli Archaeological Complex.

The Quint also covered a story on people who often come to seek solutions to their problems from the Djinns or to perform an exorcism and do away with the evil eye. People also write long letters, where they express their prayers, beliefs, etc. to the Djinns and hope that their requests will be heard.

Asif Khan Dehalvi, founder of Delhi Karvan mentioned that a few months after the Emergency in 1977, people started gathering in Firuz Shah Kotla to pray to the Djinns. However, the Djinns have been living there since long back, at least 400 years.

Conventionally, it is believed that during Emergency, a saint named Laddu Shah, started living in the complex and told their followers about Djinn who fulfills people’s wishes. The most popular Djinn of the complex is called the Laat Wale Baba, who is believed to live in Minar-e-Zareen

“People believe that it is a dargah, just that the saints are not humans, but djinns,” says author Anand Taneja.

Inside the dark chambers of the dead ruins of Firuz Shah Kotla, you will feel a cool breeze with the fragrance of Ittar, and smoke from the incense sticks and light from lamps lit by the devotees who believe in the supernatural power of the Djinns who still reside in the ruins of Firuz Shah Kotla.

Djinns in Firuz Shah Kotla, source: Hindustan Times