But a lot of poetry in Persian and Urdu languages is still unpublished but available to his followers. Two collections of Sachal’s Sindhi and Seraiki poetry in book forms are printed by Sindhi Adabi Board. In his keynote address, scholar Jami Chandio it is said that Sachal himself destroyed all his poetry during his lifetime and whatever poetry is available to us was in fact the poetry of Sachal, which was remembered by his followers. An online Mushaira was also held on Saturday evening. On Saturday a live coverage of the recital of poetry by traditional singers’ groups at the Mazar of Sachal Sarmast was live telecasted on social media. “It is incorrect to say that Sachal had recited his poetry in seven languages,” Chandio revealed. Jami said Sachal also recited poetry in Persian and Urdu languages. On Friday evening an online lecture was simultaneously organized at the Zoom platform of cyberspace as well as the social media site Facebook, in which noted scholar and writer Jami Chandio delivered his talk on the life and poetry work of Sachal Sarmast, who is a great Sufi of sub-continent and a resistance poet of Sindhi and Siraiki languages. A group of Sachal’s followers and social activists, however, celebrated the Urs on cyberspace in which participants from Pakistan, England, Hungary, Canada, Bahrain, Oman, Sweden, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Finland and other countries of the world participated online. KARACHI, May 9: Due to coronavirus pandemic lockdown, the Sindh government did not officially observe the 199 th annual Urs of Sufi poet Hazrat Sachal Sarmast in Daraza Sharif, Khairpur district this year.

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