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Pilgrims and qawwals before the saint’s tomb at the Dargah Sharif, Ajmer, on the ₹5 stamp.
The 800th Urs at Ajmer
India Post issued two stamps, ₹5 and ₹20, and a ₹25 miniature sheet on 27 May 2012 for the 800th Urs at the Dargah Sharif of Ajmer, the shrine of the Sufi saint Mu’in al-Din Chishti, who came to Delhi in the reign of Sultan Iltutmish and settled in Ajmer. The dargah, with the saint’s tomb, several other tombs and a mosque, is one of the most visited shrines of the subcontinent. The urs, the anniversary of the saint’s death, is celebrated rather than mourned. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamps themselves.
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