MANZAR LANGAR OTA

Lonely on its hillside, the Langar Ota mausoleum is the funerary monument of the region's most famous saint, Mohamed Sadik Cheikh, who lived in the ^16th century. Follow the path through the cemetery to reach the gates of this monument, surrounded by a lush garden. Along the way, note the engraved tomb of a Langar resident (with her cat): she lived to be 106 years old, and was the village healer and herbalist. She is revered by the locals. Less so, however, than Mohamed Sadik, who died in 1545, a local patron of the arts who gave the village its mosque.