Pir Sahari Chhina

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Pir Sahari Cheena was a 16th century Muslim Jat Saint of Chhina Clan, who belonged to the village of Hardo Sahari, in Present day Kasur District in Punjab of Pakistan, (Nakka region). He had also heard of the spreading fame of Guru Amar Das Sahib Ji (1479-1574), the Third Sikh Guru (prophet). He desired to meet the Sikh Guru, He later became a Sikh and also followed the Sikh teachings all his life. He had left a will saying that after his death his body should be placed within walls of the upright position at the cremation grounds so that none are hurt weather they bury or Cremate their dead.

His Shrine also known as a Samadh is located north to the Village to the outskirts of the village, on a small mound surrounded by lots of trees and beautiful green fields of Punjab. The Muslims of the Village call this place as Sahari Pir a Muslim fakir looks after the Samadh now, In the present day his Samadh is now covered with a sheet of Quranic verses, and the Muslim villagers recite the Quran at his Samadh. The Gurdwara known as Hardo sahari is Adjacent to the Samadh on the Mound, It had a tank Known as a Sarovar in Sikhism, next to it for Sikhs and other devotees to take a dip in the holy tank before entering the Interior of the Gurdwara before the Partition of 1947 took Place. The tank has changed into a pool of stagnated water. A large piece of land was granted to the Gurdwara is located in this village. A fair is held annually after the Pir Sahari Cheena Jat.