Arhai-din-ka-jhompra_Mosque_at_Ajmer_India_1911_plan.jpg
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Identifier : handbooktravelle00john Title : A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . Year : 1911 ( 1910s ) Authors : John Murray (Firm) Subjects : India -- Guidebooks Burma -- Guidebooks Sri Lanka -- Guidebooks Publisher : London : J. Murray Calcutta : Thacker, Spink, & Co. Contributing Library : University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor : MSN
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Text Appearing After Image: The Arhai-din-ka-jhompra Mosque at Ajmer. view from the top is very fine ;but the ascent is somewhat tryingand had better be made in theearly morning. There is also aninteresting graveyard of Moham-medan martyrs, who fell in theassault of the fort on the top. One of the principal points of in-terest in Ajmer is the Dargah, whichwas commenced by the Emperor Alt-amsh and completed by Humayun.It is venerated alike by Moham-medans and Hindus, and derivesits extreme sanctity from being the Bandah Nawaz at Gulbargah in theDeccan. Woollen socks are supplied tobe worn over ones boots beforeentering the Dargah. Passingthrough a lofty gateway, a court-yard is entered in which are twovery large iron cauldrons. Richpilgrims occasionally pay for afeast of rice, ghi, sugar, almonds,raisins, and spices to be cookedin one of these, the contentsbeing ladled out and finallyscrambled for by the attendants of ROUTE lO. AJMER—PUSHKAR 139 the shrine and various familiesconnected with it. On the rightof t
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