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Muslims commemorate death anniversary of Sufi saint at Ajmer Sharif

Muslims commemorate death anniversary of Sufi saint at Ajmer Sharif

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-05-18 07:35 GMT
A Khadim distributes offerings among devotees during Urs festival at the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer.
Special arrangements are made for women to pray namaz in Kashmir on the day of the Urs festival.
Devotees are showered with perfumed water during the end of the Urs festival, at the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. Thousands of Sufi devotees from different parts of India travel to the shrine for the annual festival, marking the
Devotees at the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti during the Urs in Ajmer.
Devotees offer nazranas or votive offerings. Outside the dargah, vendors cook sweet rice garnished with dry fruits and condiments to be served as ‘tabarukh’ or sanctified food.
A believer performs an act of self -torture during a religious procession in Ahmadabad. This is usually done as an act of penance.
Followers of the Sufi sect use sharp objects like swords, knives and iron skewers as a tool to show their tribute during the Urs festival.
Sufi Kalandars performs an act of self-torture during devotion at the annual death anniversary of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer.
Over the six days of celebration, the tomb of the saint is ritually anointed with rose water and sandal wood paste, qawwalis are sung and poetry versus are recited in praise of the Almighty.
Every year lakhs of devotees and pilgrims arrive from all over India and abroad visit the city to celebrate the festival at the sacred shrine of Ajmer Sharif.
Eunuchs dance at a procession during the Urs festival of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer.
The annual Urs festival is held at Ajmer, in the state of Rajasthan with the sighting of the moon. The event commemorates death of the Sufi saint, Moinuddin Chishti.
Pilgrims offer prayers at the shrine of Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti during the ongoing 802nd Urs in Ajmer, Rajasthan.
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung presenting a ‘Chadar’ to the members of the Urs Committee for the shrine of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in New Delhi
Muslims commemorate death anniversary of Sufi saint at Ajmer Sharif

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