A court in Ajmer, Rajasthan issued a notice on (27 November) to the defendants in a civil suit alleging that the Ajmer Dargah, the tomb of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, was built over a Shiva temple and should be declared the Bhagwan Shri Sankatmochan Mahadev Virajman Temple.

An Ajmer court's decision to hear a petition claiming the presence of a Shiva temple under the Ajmer dargah, has sparked intense political debate, coming as it does after similar claims over mosques and dargahs in Mathura,

The caretakers of Ajmer Sharif Dargah have denounced recent claims that the shrine is a Hindu temple, asserting that such petitions seek personal publicity. They urge Prime Minister Modi to intervene,

Civil Judge Manmohan Chandel issued notices after Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta claimed in his petition that the dargah -- the mausoleum of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti -- was a Shiva temple.

A local court on Wednesday took up a plea filed by a Hindu outfit's leader claiming a Shiva temple exists within Ajmer's Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Dargah shrine.

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A court in Rajasthan has issued a notice in a lawsuit filed by Hindu groups, alleging that a Hindu temple exists beneath the Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti shrine at Ajmer and seeking worship rights at the site.

A local court in Ajmer on Wednesday directed that notice be issued to three parties in a civil suit which claims there is a Shiva temple in the dargah, the plaintiff's advocate said

A local court on Wednesday took up a plea filed by a Hindu outfit's leader claiming a Shiva temple exists within Ajmer's Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Dargah shrine.