MALANG GHAR, Quetta

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A modified natural sacred cave, associated with Malang, a branch of antinomian Sufi Muslim ascetics (note 1), consists of a 2 m wide cave entrance to single chamber / pocket with platform. The troglodyte hermitage retreat is situated behind Durrani Bristai Cementry (note 2) in the Shadori area of Quetta city, some 300 m from an unspecified 1991 edge of the town and in an obvious rising limestone ridge called Murdar mountain (note 3).A modified natural sacred cave, associated with Malang, a branch of antinomian Sufi Muslim ascetics (note 1), consists of a 2 m wide cave entrance to single chamber / pocket with platform. The troglodyte hermitage retreat is situated behind Durrani Bristai Cementry (note 2) in the Shadori area of Quetta city, some 300 m from an unspecified 1991 edge of the town and in an obvious rising limestone ridge called Murdar mountain (note 3).