List of dargahs in Tamil Nadu explained

This is a list of notable Islamic shrines in Tamil Nadu, a state of India.

In Tamil, dargah is sometimes transliterated as darga.

List

• • Erwadi Dargah; contains the tomb of Qutbus Sultan Syed Ibrahim Shaheed Badshah Hazrat Noor Mohammad Shah Dargah, also known as Panruti Darga, located in Podakkudi; contains the tomb of Hazrat Noor Mohammad Shah
• Kalifa e Nathar Wali, located in Trichy; contains the tomb of Shams Mansoor Shams Peer
• Kattupalli, a compound of dargahs located at Ervadi
• Kovalam Darga or Kovalam Darga, located in Chennai; contains the tomb of Tamim al-Ansari
• Kuangudi Mastan Sahib Darga, located at Tondiarpet; contains the tomb of Kunangudi Masthan Sahib
• Lalpet Dargah, located in Cuddalore; contains the tomb of Sheikh Shams-ul-Aarifeen Qutb-ul-Aqtab Khwaja Dil Nawaz FaizeeShah Noori Chisti-ul-Qadiri
• Muthupet dargha; contains the tomb of Sheik Dawood Kamlil Valyullah
• Nagore Dargah, in Nagore, in the Nagapattinam district; contains the tomb of Syed Shahul Hamid Qadir Wali^[1]
• Pallapatti dargah; contains the tomb of Sheik Abdul Kadhar Avliya
• Peer Mohamed Appa Dargah, located in Thuckalay, in the Kanyakumari district; contains the tomb of Peer Mohamed Appa
• Qutbus Sultan Syed Mohammad Shaheed Dargah, located in Kilakarai; contains the tomb of the cousin brother of Ervadi Sultan Syed Ibrahim Badushah
• Sarkarai Bawa Dargah, located in Oddanchathiram, in the Dindigul district; contains the tomb of Sarkarai Bawa
• Sheikh Abdullah Avuliyah R.A Dargah, located in Piranmalai, in the Sivagangai district; contains the tomb of Sheikh Abdullah Avuliyah R.A
• Sheikh Sadaqathullahil Khahiri Dargah, located in the Keelakarai, in the Ramanathapuram district; contains the tomb of Sheikh Sadaqathullahil Khahiri
• Sheikh Umarul Khahiri Valiyyullah Dargah, located in Kayal Pattanam; contains the tomb of Sheikh Umarul Khahiri Valiyyullah
• Sheikh Keelakarai Thaika Sahib and Imamul Aroos Mappilai Labbai Alim Dargah, located in Keelakarai, in the Ramanathapuram district; contains the tombs of Sheikh Keelakarai Thaika Sahib and Imamul Aroos Mappilai Labbai Alim
• Syed Ali Fatimah R.A Dargah, located in Atthangarai, in the Tirunelveli district; contains the tomb of Syed Ali Fatimah R.A
• Syek Appa Sheik Amma Oliyulla Dargah, located in Maavoor, in the Ramanathapuram district; contains the tomb of Syek Appa Sheik Amma Oliyulla
• Thiruparankundram Dargah, located in Thiruparankundram Malai, in the Madurai district; contains the tomb of Sultan Sikkandhar Badushah^[2]
• Trichy Dargah, contains the tomb of Dada Hayat Mir Qalandar Table Aalam Badshah Nathar Wali Sohrawardi
• unnamed, located in Madurai; contains the tomb of Melakkal Kanavai Syed Varusai Ibrahim Sahib R.A
• Yarab Dargah, located in Denkanikottai, in the Krishnagiri district

See also

• Islam in India
• Sufism in India

Notes and References

1. Book: Hunter, Sir William Wilson . Imperial gazetteer of India, Volume 19 . 1908 . Clarendon Press . Oxford .
2. Web site: Madurai's Thiruparankundram Hills Stand As Confluence Of Religions . Outlook Traveller . 22 August 2023 . 1 February 2025 .