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Indian Tourism Directory --» North India Tourism --» Ajmer Tourism Directory

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Ajmer Tourism Directory

Ajmer, a city located in the Ajmer District in the center of Rajasthan and well surrounded by the districts of Jaipur & Tonk in the eastern side and Pali in the western side, which is also known as holy city enfolded in green-carpet hills. The city has been sparkling with its many old monuments like Taragarh Fort, Ahai - Din Ka- Jhonpra since the city discovered in 7th century AD by Raja Ajay Pal Chauhan.

Ajmer has its important role in the Mughal India map. Historic Ajmer attracts pilgrims and tourists from India and abroad. The most favorable place among tourists that can be visited in Ajmer is Muin-ud-Din Chisti's Dargah that is uniformly reversed by both Hindus & Muslims.The Ajmer lives up with the traditions of religions and cultures.

The mughal era architectures have added the spice in to this place. Some sites in this town include the lake of Ana Sagar, Daulat Bagh, museum owned by government, the Nasiyan Jain Temple and of course the above cited tomb of Sufi Saint. All those who visited to Ajmer have also visited to Nag Pahar - the town of Pushkar by the bus journey of half hour.

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Places of Interest

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Dargah - Khawaja Sharif
Ajmer has the tomb of Sufi saint named as Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, and the blessings of this saint sought by the pilgrims who have visited to this dargah. Dargah Sharif is also well known as the last quiescent location of the Sufi saint, who died in 1235. The tomb of saint is made up of superb marble dome in the second courtyard's center, surrounded by silver platform. Although, there is one more mosque built by the Shahjahan in the courtyard within the asylum of Dargah. By passing through the bustling bazaar of Dargah and entering to the mausoleum through a huge gateway that was built by Hyderabad's Nizam. Once you have done the praying at Dargah Sharif, then you must go to other monuments situated with in the premises of Dargah. You can visit the daughter of deceased Sufi saint, Bibi Hafiz Jama tomb.

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Adhai-Din-Ka-Jhonpra
It is undeniably the most favorable place among visitors who used to visit Ajmer, Rajasthan on their vacations. This monument is a must see place, and it has its own significance because when it was built, it had taken less than 3 days to be completed moreover this monument was constructed by using demolished building material from many Hindu temples.

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Taragarh Fort
The Fort at Taragarh is situated on the peak of a hill at 39 KM distance from Kota that can be reached by piercingly slanting road. It was built by King Chauhan Ajaypal by topping up rampant elephants at all the three gateway of this fort. Each gateway has given its own name such as Phuta Darwaza, Lakshmi Pol & Gagudi ki Phatak.