The annual Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti is held at
- A.Nagaur
- B.Ajmer
- C.Galiakot
- D.Fatehpur Sikri
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Ajmer. The dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, the founder of the Chishti order in India, is at Ajmer, and the Urs held there in the Islamic month of Rajab is the largest Muslim gathering in Rajasthan, attended by pilgrims of many faiths. Option A is wrong because Nagaur has the dargah of Hamiduddin Nagauri and its own smaller urs, but not this one. Option C is wrong because Galiakot in Dungarpur district is the shrine of Syed Fakhruddin and the great gathering of the Dawoodi Bohra community. Option D is wrong because Fatehpur Sikri, which holds the dargah of Salim Chishti, is in Uttar Pradesh and not in Rajasthan at all. Ajmer with Rajab is the fact to remember, and it is worth adding that Moinuddin Chishti came to Ajmer in the twelfth century and that the dargah was patronised by later rulers, Akbar among them, which is why the gathering grew so large.
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