Rajasthan-Ajmer

Dargah

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 The Dargah of Khawaja Saheb or Khawaja Sharif is at the foot of a barren hill. The shrine is next only to Mecca and Medina for the Muslims of South Asia. It is said that Akbar used to make a pilgrimage to the Dargah from Agra once a year. The saint's tomb with a splendid marble dome is in the center of the second courtyard, which is surrounded by a silver platform. There is another mosque in the courtyard built by Shahjahan, the most marvelous of all the sanctums within the sanctuary of the Dargah.

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One can make excursions from Ajmer to the neighboring town of Pushkar known for the annual Pushkar Fair. Pushkar becomes a bustling and colorful fairground in the month of Kartik (October-November) when the annual Pushkar Fair is held. Hindu pilgrims come for the holy dip in Pushkar Lake, which is considered most on Kartik Poornima.The highlight of the fair is the Camel Fair, the trading of camels. Camels are bought, sold, decked up and paraded on the sand dunes, presenting a picturesque sight. The camel, horse and donkey races are events that draw huge attendance. The Pushkar Fair also brings together a large number of villagers from different parts of the state who display their traditional ware and also making the evenings colorful and festive with music and dance.

Anasagar Lake

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 Ana Sagar Lake is an artificial lake situated in the city of Ajmer in Rajasthan state in India. It is was built by Anaji Chauhan, the grandfather of Prithvi Raj Chauhan, in 1135 -1150 AD and is named after him. The catchments were built with the help of local populace. The Baradari or pavilions were built by Shahjahan in 1637 and Daulat Bagh Gardens by Jehangir. The lake is spread over 13 Kilometers. There is a Circuit house on a hill near the lake that used to be British Residency. There is an island in the center of the lake which is accessible by boat or water scooter. Boats and water scooters could be hired from the east side of the Dault Bagh. The lake gets dry every summar. The Rajasthan High Court has banned construction in the catchment areas of the lake basins. This is one of the beautiful lake in India.

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 The "Karamaat' or miracles, which formed a most prominent part of Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz's life and mission, have always been Ultimately associated with the lives of other Sufi saints. As a matter of fact, miracles emanate from the supernatural powers bestowed upon these Holy persons by God as die result of their life long devotion, probations(Mujahedas) and trials, and are beyond the scope of common conception of ordinary human beings, their experiences and knowledge. Modern science and logic have no place in the hidden calculation and determination of miracles. They are displayed only when there is a great emergency to justify them. In fact, they are used as a last remedy when all other common-sense persuasion failed to convince the 'devil' in man of the teachings and principles of the divine doctrines of Truth or the laws of God.In order to maintain a harmonious equilibrium among mankind in the "Divine Scheme of God" so essential for die happiness of His creation on earth. Highly talented and enlightened Sufis and seers are extremely few and rare in this age. They are ranked as Walees in Muslim terminology who, as the lives of Khwaja Sb. and others of his most distinguished order prove, were obliged to use their supernatural powers to meet the circumstances of each situation strictly in accordance with the divine law and will in the cause of Truth and nothing else. So far as Muslim saints are concerned, a variety of miracles or 'Karamaat' are associated with the missionary work of such stalwarts as Ghos-ul-Azam Hazrat Abdul Qadir Gilani of Baghdad, Hazrat Khwaja Usman Harooni, Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishty, Hazrat Khwaja Qotubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki of Delhi, Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Ganj Shakar of Pak Patan, Hazrat Makhdoom Alauddin Saabir of Kalyar, Hazrat Sheikh Nizamuddin Awliya of Delhi, Hazrat Sheikh Salim Chishty of Fatehpur Sikri and a score of other Sufi saints of India, Persia and Arabia, too numerous to name. In the ought of the above paragraph, the awe-inspiring miracles of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty(R.A), after his arrival in Ajmer, should not be difficult to understand for the common man although they are bound to baffle the present day scientist and materialists. All old historians and oriental writers and scholars, who have recorded the miraculous events of the Khwaja Saheb and other saints lives unanimously agree upon their authenticity. Every one of them repeats the same authentic stories about their miracles again and again in his publication. Moreover, there is also 

Soniji Ki Nasiyan ajmer

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 Ajmer Jain Temple, also known as Soniji Ki Nasiyan, is an architecturally rich Jain temple. It was built in the late nineteenth century. The main chamber, known as the Swarna Nagari "City of Gold", has several gold-plated wooden figures, depicting several figures in the Jain religion.

"Ajmer's main attraction is - for the Jainas - the prominently situated Nasiayan Digambara Temple, or rather the two-storied Svarana Nagara Hall behind the temple, better known as the Museum. Both the temple and the museum were built and are still owned by the Sony family of Ajmer. The temple, dedicated to Rishabha or Adinatha in 1865, was constructed of red sandstone in a matter of a few years, but it took twenty-five years, from 1870 to 1895, to fashion - by artisans at Jaipur - the thousands of individual parts required to assemble a three-dimensional replica of the story of Rishabha in accordance with an old manuscript by Acharya Jinasena.

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 Greatly revered by the Digambar sect of the Jains, the Nasiyan temple is dedicated to Lord Rishabhdev, first of the 24 Tirthankars [religious path makers of the Jains] by Rai Bahadur Seth Moolchand and Nemichand Soni. It is situated on Prithvi Raj Marg in Ajmer, the heart of Rajasthan state in India. The foundation of this magnificent Jain temple was laid on 10 October 1864 and the image of the first Tirthankar Lord Rishabhdev (Adinath), was installed in the Sanctum Sanctorum on 26 May 1865. This work was carried out under the able guidance of the great scholar Pandit Sadasukhdasji of Jaipur.

The name of the temple is Siddhkoot Chaityalaya. It is also known as 'Red Temple' as it is built of red sand stone or 'Nasiyan of Seth Moolchand Soni' signifying the founder’s name. After the Svarna Nagri was added to the temple in 1895 A.D. it popularly began to be called as 'Sone ka Mandir' or 'Soni Mandir' emphasizing the golden structure as well as the family name. The halls of this temple are adorned with fascinating series of large, gilt wooden figures and delicate paintings that display scenes from Jain scriptures.reliable evidence available in support of miracles in all the different ancient Scriptures of the world

Lake Foy Sagar

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 Lake Foy Sagar is an artificial lake situated near Ajmer in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is named after the engineer Mr. Foy, an Englishman, who created it under a famine relief project in 1892. He created it to tackle with harshest conditions of famine under a famine relief project. It appears flat, and offers views of the neighboring Aravalli mountains. The lake is among the tourist spots of the city

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 At the time when the lake was constructed, the city of Ajmer was known as Ajmere, as can be noticed from the inscription installed at the lake. Its original capacity is 15 million cubic feet, and the water is spread over 14,000,000 square feet (1,300,000 m2).

Pushkar

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Pushkar travel enables the tourists to capture the picturesque beauty of the city. Pushkar is situated in Rajasthan about 11 kilometers from Ajmer, 140 kilometers from Jaipur and 390 kilometers from Delhi. It is a sacred town that finds mention in Kalidas's Abhigyan Sakuntalam. The winter season begins in September and lasts till December. 

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• Religus: False
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A travel to Pushkar during the Pushkar Fair should be on the itinerary of a tourist visiting India. The major tourist attraction in Pushkar is definitely the annual Pushkar Fair , which attracts tourists annually to this small sleep, lakeside town. Pushkar is a sacred town for the Hindu and is situated about 11kms northwest of Ajmer. Pushkar finds mention in the Epics and Kalidasa'a Sakuntalam.