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| Baba Chambyal : where belief binds divided neighbors | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, JUNE 24: The partition between India and Pakistan may have impeded the smooth movement of people along the Line of Control but faith continues to reflect urge for co-existence. Thousands of people from Jammu and Saidawali village of Sialkot district of Pakistan are expected to gather at the shrine of Baba Chamliyal in Ramgarh sector in Samba district tomorrow. The shrine has remained a centre for believers past over three centuries.
According to the locals, the Hindus, Muslims and the Sikhs have great devotion and respect for the Baba Dalip Singh Manhas Shrine, popularly known as Baba Chamliyal.
They say the significance of the place is that a patient having any skin related illness can be cured by applying earth and water from a well located near the Baba’s shrine.
It is believed that the soil of the shrine has medicinal value. Every year people with skin ailments come to the shrine, and apply mud, which they call ‘shakkar’ (sugar), and water from the well.
Then they stand in the sun for some days. Scores of men and women perform the ritual throughout the year.
As has been the tradition, a contingent of Pakistani rangers along with civilians would reach near the LoC and collect mud and water from the Chamliyal shrine.
Sources told that despite the chill in relations India and Pakistan, officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) received a communication that their counterparts would be attending this year’s Chamliyal fair.
Following the massage, on June 22, BSF and the Pakistani Rangers held flag meeting near the shrine to discuss issues related to the event.
There is another ‘Mazaar’ of the Baba at Saindawali village in Sailkote. The festival on this side of the border continues for three days while on Saiddawal village it will continue for one week. It is said that before 1965, the people from both the sides used to celebrate this event at one place.
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