Hazrat Thameemul Ansari (Rah) Dargah

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Hazrat Thameemul Ansari (Rah) Dargah is the dargah (shrine) of the saint, Hazrat Thameemul Ansari. The dargah is located in Kovalam in Tamil Nadu, India. Hazrat Thameemul Ansari was born in the city of Medina and is said to have been a sahaba. Before his death, he had instructed his disciples to cast his janazah (remains) into the sea after his death. His disciples fulfilled this wish. A long time after his death, his janazah reached the shores of Kovalam beach.

According to some accounts, the Nawab of Wallajah, Nawab Muhammed Saadatullah Khan, had a dream in which Hazrat Thameemul Ansari requested him to proceed to Kovalam, where he would find the latter's janazah on Kovalam beach, and asked him to bury it there. When the Nawab reached the beach, he found the janazah which he duly buried and built the dargah at the site.

The dargah has an area of 3 acres. The first Thursday after the first full moon of each month is a day of devotion. Though the dargah is open from 5.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m., some devotees spend the night there. They regard Hazrat Thameemul Ansari as very powerful and go to the dargah to request his intercession with God on their behalf.^[1]