Hazrat Syedna Sultan Syed Baba-e-Nathar Sarmast Tabl-e-Aalam Dhool Samandar Hussaini Suharwardy (R.A) is one of great Sufi grand saints of India, who came to Trichy more than 1100 years ago and was the first Sufi to bring Islam to South India & Srilanka.His mausoleum is one of the most potent source of barakat in India.[1]
Hazrat Dada Nathar Auliya was named as Sultan Syed Mataharuddin by his parents and he was a king of Istanbul who abdicated throne in search of Murshid (Spiritual Preceptor).[1] He was commanded by Hazrat Mohammed Mustafa to spread Islam in India. He was a Qalandar (Unmarried saint) came to India along with 900 Qalandars to spread light of Islam - Sufism.
During this time, he is said to have performed miracles. Along with his kalandars, he came to Tiruchirapuram, which is now known as Tiruchirappalli, and led a pious saintly life with his Qalandars in a flower garden there. Nathar Vali united with Almighty on the 15th of the month of Ramdan in Hijiri 417. This date is commemorated as his urs (death-day), and the first 17 days of Ramadan are celebrated in his honor, by Muslims, Christians, and Hindus, one the eve of the kanduri festival, where they seek his blessings.
Nathar Vali's mausoleum is in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu.[1][2]