Faridia Islamic University, a religious madrassa in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan, is named after him,[REF] and in July 1998, the Punjab Government in India established the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences at Faridkot, the city which itself was named after him [REF].
There are various explanations of why Baba Farid was given the title Shakar Ganj[REF] ('Treasure of Sugar').