Ameen Peer Dargah


Ameenpeer Dargah is a Sufi shrine located in the Kadapa City in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of best known Sufi pilgrimage sites in India.
This Dargah or Asthana is also called Asthana-e-Magdoom Ilahi. It is located in Asthana-e-Magdoom Ilahi Dargah complex, locally known as Badi Dargah, Pedda Dargah in Kadapa city. It is known for its preaching of communal harmony.
It is claimed folk that the saints of the shrine are the descendants of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.

History of Ameen Peer Dargah

The masjid is believed to be constructed in 1683. It was originally a grave place for the two Sufi saints Perullah Hussaini and Arufulla Hussaini II. The then Nawab of Sidhout Taluk, Nawab Nek nam Khan changed the name of this place to Neknamabaad on the advice of Perullah Hussaini. Neknamabaad eventually became Kadapa.

Visitors

Notable visitors to the shrine include Indira Gandhi, Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, Chiranjeevi, A. R. Rahman, Pawan Kalyan, Abhishek Bachchan, Ameer Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ram Charan, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, and Allu Arjun. Anil Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Abbas Masthan, Dinesh Babu, Ramesh Yampalla, Rajkiran, Prasad Panyam, Mohammed Ashraf, MOHAMMED MIRZA.Chintamani Krishna Chaithanya