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Nagore (Tamil: நாகூர் Nakur [ na ː ɡu ː r], also Nagoor ) is an Islamic shrine in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Administratively, it is part of the city of Nagapattinam. Nagore is located approximately six kilometers north of the center of Nagapattinam and twelve kilometers south of Karaikal on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal.

In Nagore Dargah, the (holy grave ) of Sufi saint Syed Shahul Hamid Qadir Vali is (also known as Nagore Andavar, "Lord of Nagore "). According to tradition, he was born in 1491 as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad in what is now the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. He is said to have been initiated in Gwalior in the mystical Islam and have then go with a group of students on the journey. He is said to have done many miracles. After he had visited Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Mecca, he had moved to South India. Allegedly, he had by his blessing fulfilled the desire for children of Nayak King of Thanjavur, whereupon it is said to have given him a piece of land in Nagore. Here he is said to have spent the last 28 years of his life until his death in 1558.

The Dargah of Nagore is the most important Islamic pilgrimage town in Tamil Nadu. It houses the grave of Syed Shahul Hamid Valis Qadir and his son Syed Mohamed Yoosuf Sahib and his wife Syed Sultan Beebi Amma Sahiba. The grave is surmounted by a dome and flanked by five towering minarets. The Dargah of Nagore is considered miraculous and is therefore of numerous pilgrims, including many Hindus visited. Every year in the Islamic month of Jumada - l akhira in commemoration of the saints, the two-week Kandoori hard place. In Singapore, Tamil Muslims erected in 1828 a replica of the Dargah of Nagore.