Ziarat Baba Hyder Reshi Shrine

Also known as Harda Reshi or Reshi Maloo, Hyder Reshi was a venerated saint in Anantnag. His shrine is visited by both Hindus and Muslims alike. It is located in a busy locality called Mohalla Reshi Sahib in Anantnag city. It is the place where the saint is enshrined with his 21 loyal disciples. Reshi Maloo was born in the family of a blacksmith but he possessed and exhibited miraculous powers from the childhood.He was a disciple of Sheikh Hamza Maqdoom of Hari Parbat Srinagar under whom he took spiritual knowledge. For all his life, he refrained from meat or onions. He became famous after the ruler of Kashmir and his son noticed his wisdom and Baba Dawood Khaki, the chief Qazi of Kashmir visited him. Some of the relics of this saint are protected and displayed in this shrine for his ardent devotees.