Will move court to be party in Dargah case: Ajmer clerics | India News – Times of India

AJMER: The hereditary khadims (caretakers) of Ajmer Sharif Dargah Broke their silence on Friday on the lawsuit of a Hindu organization seeking a ASI survey to establish the alleged existence of a Shiva temple at the site, saying it was a travesty to question the antecedents of a shrine revered by people of all faiths and put it in a legal battle to drag.
Anjuman Syedzadgan, which represents the khadims of the Sayyid lineage charged with managing the religious affairs of the shrine to Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, said it would petition the Ajmer Munsif court to have it to make a party out of it. Hindu Sena‘s suit.
Syed Sarwar Chishty, secretary of the committee, said the importance of the dargah should not be compared to historical monuments such as Taj Mahal and Red Fort.
This is a place where every Prime Minister, from Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi, offered a chaddar during the annual Urs. It represents the ethos of the Indian Constitution without discrimination. Hindu kings have historically contributed silver and gold for decoration,” Chisti said. “The dargah remained untouched even during the Maratha rule in Ajmer.”
Syed Naseeruddin Chishti, successor to the dewan (head) of Ajmer Dargah, issued a statement the previous day, dismissing the lawsuit as an attempt to gain “cheap popularity”. Syed Sarwar accused Vishnu Gupta, the Hindu Sena president, of misinterpreting history based on former judicial officer and academic Har Bilas Sarda’s 1911 book Ajmer: Historical and Descriptive.
He referred to a 1921 civil suit in which Sharda recognized the Khadims as the traditional caretakers of the dargah. “This is a place where people of all religions come together. Food cooked in the dargah is free from garlic and onion, as a mark of respect for religious sentiments. Ajmer symbolizes communal harmony and pluralism. We will participate in Hindu Sena’s civil suit to bring out the facts.”