Gaynarbaba Spring and Shrine

Gaynarbaba is a sacred spring and nearby burial place near Garlyk in the Koytendag area of Lebap Velayat. A Turkmen government account describes the spring as a natural mineral-water feature and records that a burial place associated with the holy man Gaynarbaba lies nearby. Pilgrims come to pay respect at the burial and to visit the spring, making the location both a natural sacred site and a place of memorial devotion.

The same official source preserves a local belief that Gaynarbaba used water from the spring to heal sick people. That claim is treated here strictly as a devotional healing tradition: it is not medical advice and does not establish clinical effectiveness for the water. This distinction is important because the site’s religious meaning can be documented without turning a faith tradition into a health claim.

No precise construction date is assigned because the core sacred feature is the spring and the authoritative source does not provide a secure date for the burial shrine. Gaynarbaba is included because it represents a living pilgrimage tradition in which landscape, water and remembrance of a holy figure are closely connected. It also adds an important natural-sacred dimension to the religious geography of Koytendag.