History
Ganj Rawan Ganj Baksh belonged to the Suhrawardiyya order of Sufi saints, which was founded by Shahab ud din at Baghdad in Hijri 602. He was the earliest of Sufi saint of the Deccan.
Saiad Shah Jalalu-d din or Ganj Rawan Ganj Baksh (which means "moving treasure"), was born at Khirkan near Bukhara, and established the earliest Islamic mission in the Dakhan about Hijri 700, (1300 C.E approx) or a little before the invasion of Alaud din Khalji. He settled down at Unasnagar, between Daulatabad and Roza. Ganj Rawan's tomb at Roza has two trees growing near it, one of which is reputed to have grown from a staff given him by his preceptor, and the other from a branch of the first. Both are said to possess miraculous properties. His dargah has the horse-shoe shaped dome of the Pathans, with piers on the faces supporting pointed arches. It stands on the band of Pari-ka-talav, also known as Ganj Ravan Talav (lake).
Like pilgrims to the Dargah of Zar Zari Zar Baksh, women pray here to conceive a child and, as a symbol of their prayer, attach colored bits of fabric and bangles above the door lintel or on the limbs of the great tree. Praying at this dargah and washing in the waters of the Fairies’ Tank (Pari Talaab) women are said to be cured of infertility and other ailments.
Also in this courtyard is the tomb of a hijra (hermaphrodite or transgendered man) who is said to have mocked the saint’s ability to help people conceive. According to the story told by the caretaker of the shrine, the hijra became pregnant by the power of the saint, but died in childbirth. Stones mark the grave of both the hijra and child.