Sufi shrine
Rauza Sharif, Sirhind
ਰੌਜ਼ਾ ਸ਼ਰੀਫ਼, ਸਰਹਿੰਦ
Tomb at Sirhind of Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi, the Naqshbandi scholar who opposed Akbar's tolerance.
Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi (1564 – 1624) was a scholar of the Naqshbandi order, called by his followers the 'renewer of the second millennium'. He wrote letters to Mughal nobles attacking Akbar's openness to other faiths and calling for strict Islamic law.
His tomb, the Rauza Sharif, stands near Fatehgarh Sahib and draws pilgrims from Afghanistan, Central Asia and Pakistan for his urs.