On your invitation trip of India Golden Triangle tour, Ajmer in Rajasthan is a very important and attractive destination. A holy centre and an important place of Muslim as well as Hindu Pilgrimage, Ajmer is the fifth largest city in Rajasthan. An important destination on India Group tour as well as Golden Triangle Group Tour, Ajmer is located approximately about 100 km away from Jaipur, the state capital and 391 km from National Capital, Delhi.
Ajmer City -Bird's Eye View |
Surrounded around from Aravalli Mountains, Ajmer is the place where shrine of the Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti is located and it is also base city for travelling Pushkar, a renowned and most pious Hindu pilgrimage city famous for only Lord Brahma temple anywhere in the world. Ajmer was kept by Chechi Gurjars till 700 years and was founded in late 7th century A.D. by Ajayraj Singh Chauhan, one of the leaders from the Gurjar Clan.
As being a religious place to travel there not much market place being available in the city that you will get and found around there, Dargah Bazaar is about 15 minutes walk away from there. One place where you can relax yourself from your religious tour is Ana Sagar lake that has pavilion in the garden where one can city and enjoy for a moment. Another interesting way to enjoy the city is wandering away at small side streets and lanes of the Dargah Bazaar where you can enjoy the marvellous architecture and murals from the ancient Rajasthan and India on Golden Triangle GroupTour.
Another important place to visit around Ajmer is Nareli, a jain pilgrimage site containing a very big and large temple. Ana Sagar and Daulat Bagh are other important places to relax and enjoy where you can enjoy ice cream and papad (a local snack).
Coming to the most prestigious tourist site in the city, the Ajmer Sharif Dargah is an important place out there that you visit on a Golden Triangle Group Tour of India. It is a shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at the base of Taragarh hills and is consisted of several white marble buildings peripherally built around two courtyards including an elaborate gate donated by the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Akbari Mosque, built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. In the mosque, the domed tomb of the saint is located. It has been estimated that around 125,000 pilgrims visit the Dargah every day.
Ajmer Sharif |
Another important place to visit in Ajmer is Taragarh Fort that is considered to be one of the oldest forts built over on a hill. The King Ajaypal Chauhan and Mughal ruler Akbar is attributed equally for constructing and further rebuilding the fort. Adhai Din Ka Jhonpda is one another important destination of Ajmer, a Vaishnava Hindu temple made in 1153 and converted into a mosque by Qutubuddin Aibak in 1193 is located at the lower slope of Taragarh hills.
Tara Garh Fort |
Other important destination that you can enjoy on your India Group Tour trip is Lake Foysagar, Maqbara Shaikh Husain, Mayo College, Anasagar Lake, Soniji Ki Nasiyan, Nareli Jain temple are other important destinations there.
Pushkar Ghati |
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