The Thiruparankundram Dargah (), also known as Thirupparankundram malai Sikkander Dargah and sometimes incorrectly spelled as Tirupparankundram Dargah, is a

dargah A Sufi shrine or dargah ( ''dargâh'' or ''dargah'', Turkish: ''dergâh'', Hindustani: ''dargāh'' दरगाह درگاہ, ''dôrgah'') is a shrine or tomb built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint or dervi ...

complex, located in

Thiruparankundram Thiruparankundram, also spelled Tirupparankundram or Tiruparangundram, is a neighbourhood in Madurai city in Tamil Nadu, India. It is about from Periyar Bus Terminus, the centre of the city and constitutes the southwest part of the Madurai cit ...

, in the

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of the state of

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, India. The complex includes a

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, the grave of

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Sultan Sikandhar Badushah shaheed, and a

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. Situated at the peak of the Thiruparankundram hills. Thiruparankundram Murugan Temple, and Jain caves (சமணர் குகை) are also there in the hills. Thiruparankunram hills proclaims and stands evidence of the religious harmony of the Tamil people to the world. It's also known as ''Skandar Malai'', was where the last Madurai Sultan, Sikander Shah, was

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in 1377.

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The death anniversary (or ''

urs Urs (from ''‘Urs'') or Urus (literal meaning wedding), is the death anniversary of a Sufi saint, usually held at the saint's dargah (shrine or tomb). In most Sufi orders such as Naqshbandiyyah, Suhrawardiyya, Chishtiyya, Qadiriyya, etc. ...

'') of Sulthan Sikandar Badusha Shaheed is commemorated with the Urus Santhanakoodu Festival on the 17th night of the Islamic month of

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every Hijri year. Thousands of people visit the dargah on this day. Arrangements are made by the dargah committee and the local police for the welfare of the pilgrims.

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