PM Modi gives chadar to be offered at Ajmer shrine

Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed over a chadar to Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi that will be offered on his behalf at the shrine of renowned Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a sufi shrine (dargah) of the revered sufi saint, Moinuddin Chishti, located at Ajmer, Rajasthan. The shrine has Chisti’s grave (Maqbara).

The Urs festival is an annual festival held at Ajmer, Rajasthan which commemorates the anniversary of the death of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti, (founder of the Chishtiya Sufi order in India).

• It is held over six days and features night-long dhikr (zikr) qawwali singing.
• The anniversary is celebrated in the seventh month of the Islamic lunar calendar.