Sacred places of Western Kazakhstan -
Pilgrimage to the mausoleums of the West Kazakhstan region -
Zhumagazi Khazret (Dadem-Ata) is a mausoleum, an architectural monument, a sacred sacred place and a place of pilgrimage in Western Kazakhstan. The mausoleum consists of two small buildings topped with blue domes, inside which there is a sacred altar and ancient burials. Next to the mausoleum there is a water source, which is sacred, and the water in it has healing qualities. Zhumagazi Khazret was a religious scholar, theologian, lived in the 19th century, in his youth he studied in the city of Turkestan in the famous Azret Khoja Akhmet Yassawi mosque and was a local priest there, preaching Islam to the local population.
How to get there, visit -
The mausoleum of Zhumagazy Khazret is located in the Toganas district, Sarym district, West Kazakhstan region, Republic of Kazakhstan.
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Zhumagazi Khazret was revered among the people; many legends and traditions were written about him. Some people believe that he was a saint, he could heal people from illnesses with just one word, revealed faith in God in people’s hearts and directed them to the true path. Once Zhumagaza came to the local elders in western Kazakhstan and asked them for land for a camp, but the elders refused him. When Zhumagazy began to leave, one of the elders looked up and saw the fire on the saint’s back and got scared, and then they decided to give him the land and not refuse the saint. Now these lands are known as Tamasai pasture and Ubeniyaz pasture, these lands are considered holy and sacred places. The place where Saint Zhumagazy Khazret is buried is very revered among the people; here you can always meet pilgrims who come to read a prayer in the mausoleum and draw sacred water from a nearby water source.
Mausoleum of Zhumagazy Khazret in West Kazakhstan region
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