Punjab government Friday issued a notification to observe a local holiday in Lahore on Saturday (March 26, 2022) on account of “Annual Urs Mubarak of Hazara Madhu Lal Hussain.”

The Urs of Hazara Madhu Lal Hussain Shah is also known as Mela Chiraghan.

According to the notification, the educational institutes and district government offices will remain closed on the eve of the holiday.

However, the Punjab Civil Secretariat, its attached departments and regional offices shall remain open.

Shah Hussain was a 16th-century Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet who is regarded as a pioneer of the Kafi form of Punjabi poetry. He lived during the ruling periods of Mughal emperors Akbar and his son Jahangir.

Shah Hussain is also often known as Shah Hussain Faqir - Faqir meaning Dervish (mendicant) and Shah means King. So due to his extremely humble Sufi personality, people called him The Dervish King, a person who was a King and a Dervish at the same time.