Ukasha-Ata, Memorial complex in Turkestan region, Kazakhstan

Ukasha-Ata is a memorial complex in the Sauyran district of the Turkestan region, 35 km north of Turkestan. It consists of a mausoleum and a well. The mausoleum has a small vestibule and a main room 22.2 m long, 4.6 m wide and 4 m high, with seven small windows and a 21 m grave slab inside. Outside stands the 12 m tomb of Er-Koyan.

The mausoleum was rebuilt in 1989–1990 by local residents, according to the A. Kh. Margulan Institute of Archaeology, which considers the cult structures modern reconstructions. The site had been destroyed repeatedly during Soviet anti-religious campaigns, most recently in 1986. Since 30 May 2019 the complex has been a monument of history and culture of republican significance, within the Azret-Sultan museum-reserve.

Pilgrims tie ribbons to a tug (oba) pole near the well, and the well itself is credited with a test of character: a sinless visitor who lowers a bucket on a rope raises it with water, a sinful one raises it empty. Local accounts also say that if a stone falls into the water, God grants that person the gift of a healer, writer, seer or musician. The mausoleum is revered as the grave of Ukasha ibn Mihsan, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, and the site belongs to the Azret-Sultan museum-reserve.

The complex lies in the Sauyran district of Turkestan region, about 35 km north of Turkestan city (the Kazakh article gives 55 km), on the sunward slope of the Karatau near the Ogiz mountain gorge. The well stands some 600 m west of the mausoleum, reached on foot. A modern guest house beside the mausoleum serves pilgrims.

The well lies about 600 m west of the mausoleum, roofed by a small yurt-shaped structure over a mountain cleft. Its water level is unreliable, and pilgrims often haul up an empty bucket. A tug pole nearby holds ribbons tied by visitors.