Overview
Director: Danyal Rasheed
Pakistan
Documentary | 25 min
Punjabi
Mela Chiraghan or ‘festival of lamps’ is an annual celebration commemorating the death anniversary of the Punjabi Sufi poet and saint Shah Hussain, who lived in Lahore in the 16th century. With the arrival of spring, a diverse array of subaltern groups seeking wish fulfilment, blessings of the saint, states of ecstasy and union with the divine flock to the poet’s shrine, where they engage in devotional rituals.