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Images: Fire destroys 200-year-old Dastgeer Sahib shrine in Kashmir

Jun 25, 2012   (4 images)

Srinagar's 200-year-old, historical shrine, the Ghaus-e-Azam, or Dastgeer Sahib was gutted in a fire today. The Shrine built in reverence for the 11th century saint, Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani in Kashmir cut across religious barriers. Clashes broke out in Srinagar after the fire in the shrine. Images of the fire.

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Kashmiri residents watch as firefighters try to extinguish a fire at the nearly 200-years-old Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani Shrine, popularly known as Ghaus-e-Azam, or Dastgeer Sahib, in Srinagar. Dar Yasin/AP

 

Kashmiri residents watch as firefighters try to extinguish a fire at the nearly 200-years-old Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani Shrine, popularly known as Ghaus-e-Azam, or Dastgeer Sahib, in Srinagar. Dar Yasin/AP

 

Kashmiri residents watch as firefighters try to extinguish a fire at the nearly 200-years-old Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani Shrine, popularly known as Ghaus-e-Azam, or Dastgeer Sahib, in Srinagar. Dar Yasin/AP

 

Kashmiri residents watch as firefighters try to extinguish a fire at the nearly 200-years-old Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani Shrine, popularly known as Ghaus-e-Azam, or Dastgeer Sahib, in Srinagar. Dar Yasin/AP