PTI - The Hindu - Chennai, India Sunday, July 22, 2007
The 795th annual Urs of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti virtually concluded Sunday, July 22, with thousands of devouts witnessing the performing of the Chatti ka Rasma here.
"With today's rituals nearly 90 per cent of the Urs is considered over," said Qutubuddin Saki, a khadim at the shrine. "Most of the devouts have already started returning," he said.
The Urs that began on July 16 will finally conclude on Wednesday July 25 [today] with the performing of the Bade Kul ki Rasma when the whole shrine would be cleaned and fragrant waters sprinkled.
A chadar on behalf of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was offered today. Nearly 2.5 lakh [250'000] devouts participated in the Urs.
Every night, qawwali mehfils were also organised at the shrine premises.
[picture: The dargah of Khwaja Mo'inuddin Chishti, Ajmer.
Photo from The Chishti Website http://www.chishti.ru/index.html]
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