A delegation of Sajjadanashins and religious leaders from various Dargahs (shrines) meets Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in New Delhi.
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Congress leader Hardik Patel visits Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Dargah in Ajmer.
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Illuminated Ajmer dargah ahead of Eid-e-Milad-Un-Nabi festival, in Ajmer.
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Members of the Muslim community offer namaz at Hazrat Khawaja Gharib Nawaz Dargah after it reopened for devotees, during Unlock 4, in Ajmer.
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Devotees arrive at Ajmer Sharif Dargah after it reopened as per the 'Unlock-4' guidelines issued by the Centre in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, in Ajmer.
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Devotees outside the Ajmer Sharif Dargah after it reopened during Unlock 4, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Ajmer.
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Devotees enter Ajmer Sharif Dargah after it reopened during Unlock 4, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Ajmer.
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Workers sanitize a dargah ahead of its reopening for devotees, during Unlock 4, in Ajmer.
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Devotees at Hazarat Nizamuddin Dargah following its reopening during Unlock 4.0, in New Delhi.
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Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi offers prayers at Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah after it reopened for devotees, during Unlock 4.0, in New Delhi.
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A shopkeeper waits for customers at his shop near Hazrat Nizamuddin shrine, during unlock 4.0, in New Delhi. The mausoleum of Muslim saint Hazrat Nizamuddin will reopen for devotee...
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Shop near Hazrat Nizamuddin shrine, during unlock 4.0, in New Delhi. The mausoleum of Muslim saint Hazrat Nizamuddin will reopen for devotees on Sunday, Sept. 6, with strict social...
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Workers sanitize Hazrat Nizamuddin shrine ahead of its reopening, during unlock 4.0, in New Delhi.
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Devotees offer a holy 'Chaadar' at a mosque after all religious places are open with certain restrictions, during the fifth phase of ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Lucknow.
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Devotees light 21000 lamps at the shrine of Moinuddin Chishti seeking relief from novel coronavirus, in Ajmer.
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Ajmer Municipal Corporation worker sprays disinfectant at Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Dargah during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Ajmer.
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Pilgrims offer prayers outside the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti after it was closed for visitors in the wake of novel coronavirus in Ajmer.
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Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and Deputy CM Sachin Pilot carry a 'chadar' on behalf of Congress President Sonia Gandhi at the Ajmer Dargah on the occasion of the 808th Urs of the Sufi ...
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vadra visits the shirine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, Rajasthan.
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Congress President Sonia Gandhi hands over a 'chadar' to a party delegation for offering at Dargah Aala Hazrat Bareilly Sharif on his 101st Urs, at 10 Janpath, New Delhi.
Nizamuddin Dargah complex, which falls under the Delhi Circle of the Archaeological Survey of India, is visited by a large number of devotees, tourists and other people every day.
As devotees and visitors take the scorpion in their hands tentatively, a man tells them not to worry as the "powers" of Sufi saint Shah Wilayat, popularly known as Dada Shah Wilayat, are at work.
The petition, filed through advocate Kamlesh Kumar Mishra, has claimed that there is a notice put up outside the dargah -- a shrine built over the grave of a religious figure -- clearly stating in English and Hindi that women are not allowed inside.
Not so very long ago, Sabarimala would have been an unknown entity outside Kerala. Now, this debate over gender bristles with implications on a host of questions relating to society, politics, law and religion across India.