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Amid Gyanvapi row, now Hindu outfit claims Ajmer shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti was temple

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By PTI

JAIPUR: Claiming the mausoleum of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer was as soon as a temple, a Hindu outfit has demanded a survey of the premises by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

Rajvardhan Singh Parmar of Maharana Pratap Sena claimed Hindu symbols have been current on the partitions and home windows of the dargah.

However, the physique of Khadims (servitors) has rejected the declare, saying there was no such image.

“The dargah of Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz was an ancient Hindu temple earlier. The symbols of Swastika are there on the walls and windows. We demand that ASI conduct a survey of the dargah,” Parmar informed reporters.

Moin Chisti, president of Anjuman Saiyad Zadgan, the physique of Khadims, stated the declare is baseless as there isn’t a such image on the mausoleum.

He stated tens of millions of individuals, each Hindus and Muslims, go to the place yearly.

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“I am saying this with full responsibility that the symbol of Swastika is nowhere in the dargah. The dargah has been there for 850 years. No such question ever arose. There is a certain kind of atmosphere in the country today which was never there,” he stated.

He stated elevating questions concerning the mausoleum of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti means hurting the emotions of crores of people that supply prayers there regardless of their faith.

Chisti stated it’s for the federal government to reply to such parts.

Mausoleum secretary Wahid Hussain Chisti dubbed the declare an try and disturb communal concord.