Ḥājī 'Alī Shāh Bukhārī
Deities

Ḥājī 'Alī Shāh Bukhārī

Ḥājī 'Alī — Sufi saint on an island off Mumbai

Status · Anusandhāna
Source · Tier 2
Tradition · Islamic
Period · 15th c. CE (Haji Ali Shah Bukhari); causeway built 18th c.; colonial documentation 19th c.; 40,000+ weekly visitors 20th–21st c.

Ḥājī 'Alī Shāh Bukhārī

Tradition

Islamic / Sufi

The Place

  • Location: Haji Ali (Mumbai), Mumbai, Maharashtra (18.9826°N, 72.8092°E)

Sacred Narrative

The Ḥājī 'Alī Dargah sits on an islet 500m off the coast of south Mumbai, accessible only at low tide via a stone causeway. The 15th-c. saint's tomb has become one of Mumbai's most-visited shrines (40,000 weekly; 100,000+ on Thursdays and festivals). Devotees are of all faiths — Muslims, Hindus, Parsis, Christians come to pray for wishes. The iconic silhouette at sunset is a Mumbai landmark.

Why This Entry Matters

India's sacred landscape embraces all faith-traditions — Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Jewish, Zoroastrian, tribal, regional-folk — each with its own cosmology. This entry honors Islamic on its own terms.

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✦Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations✦

MantraTradition-specific invocations
Offerings
tradition-specific
Sacred colours
tradition-specific

📖 Stories

  • Narrative of Ḥājī 'Alī Shāh Bukhārī
    The Ḥājī 'Alī Dargah sits on an islet 500m off the coast of south Mumbai, accessible only at low tide via a stone causeway. The 15th-c. saint's tomb has become one of Mumbai's most-visited shrines (40,000 weekly; 100,000+ on Thursdays and festivals). Devotees are of all faiths — Muslims, Hindus, Parsis, Christians come to pray for wishes. The iconic silhouette at sunset is a Mumbai landmark.
    — Community tradition + scholarly sources

🪔 Worship Procedures

Daily rites
• tradition-specific observances
Puja sequence
  1. tradition-specific

🛕 Principal Temples

🎊 Festivals

  • Annual Ḥājī 'Alī Shāh Bukhārī festival
    Seasonally · 1–15 days

📜 Primary Scriptural Sources

  • Primary texts of Islamicscriptural / devotional / oral