Thousands of devotees turned up to seek blessings and to make rich offerings (nazrana) such as rose and jasmine flowers, sandalwood paste, itar ( per-fumes), incense sticks and cash. "The URS ended after a cannon was fired from the hill in the background of the dargah followed by the slogan shouting by the qalandars (a sect of travelling Sufi mendicants) and the Dargah and the adjoining Bazaar, reverberated with the beat of drums", added the Dargah Dewan. Following the centuries-old tradition, the ceremony of the Qul was initiated by khadims by reciting shijara-i-Chishtiya (spiritual lineage of the Chishti order) "said the Dargah Dewan Syed Zainulabeddin ( spiritual head of the dargah) who arrived from the mehfilkhana (a hall inside the shrine) and closed the Janati darwaza (the door to paradise), a small door on Tuesday. This year again we have continued to follow traditional ceremonies. The door was opened on day one of the URS. "The tradition has it that whoever passes through this door will enter paradise. The Qul, the final day of the URS was celebrated on Tuesday, the 6th of Rajab (the seventh month of the Islamic calendar) with devotees, performing prayers, moving with the qawwali beats, reciting the Quran. This time around thousands of devotees have visited the shrine in the last ten days amid the Covid-19 pandemic. On the occasion of 810th URS (death anniversary) of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Ajmer was filled with pilgrims from all across India, offering prayers.
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