By Aneela Ahmed, Masooma Shakir and Fahmida Shaykh, Department of Planning and Architecture, NED University, Karachi.

“The Udero Lal Research Project (URLP) results from a MOU between the Centre for South Asian Studies (CEIAS), National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS) and School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), and the Department of Architecture and Planning, NED University of Engineering and Technology. Three research scholars visited research sites in Sindh in October 2019: Suneela Ahmed (NED), Michel Boivin (CEIAS) as co-PI, and Fahmida Shaykh (NED). The aim of this preliminary fieldwork was to survey the main sites dedicated to a sacred character related to the Indus River in northern Sindh, especially the Sukkur, Shikarpur and Rohri areas. The sacred characters associated wiwth the River are given several different names, such as Uderolal, Khwaja Khizr, Zinda Pir or Jinda Pir.”

Read the full report here: MIFS Newsletter  n°7-8 (July 2020)

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