A local court on Wednesday took up a plea filed by a Hindu outfit's leader claiming a Shiva temple exists within Ajmer's Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Dargah shrine.

A local court in Ajmer has issued notices to the dargah committee, the Ministry of Minority Affairs, and the Archaeological Survey of India on a plea seeking to declare the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti a temple.

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Civil Judge Manmohan Chandel issued notices after Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta claimed in his petition that the dargah -- the mausoleum of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti -- was a Shiva temple.

Hindus have the right to approach courts and seek survey of mosques because it is a truth that many of them were built on ruins of temples demolished by Mughal invaders, Union minister Giriraj Singh s

A political controversy has erupted over a lawsuit seeking to declare Ajmer Sharif Dargah as a temple, with accusations pointing towards BJP and RSS. Opposition leaders express concerns, highlighting the threat to national stability and unity.

A court in Rajasthan`s Ajmer has issued notices to the Archaeological Survey of India and the Centre following a

The suit asks for the Union government to be directed to construct the Bhagwan Shri Sankatmochan Mahadev temple at the site.

The petitioner’s counsel, Ramswaroop Bishnoi, cited a 1911 book titled Ajmer: Historical and Descriptive which claimed that debris from a Hindu temple were used in the construction of the dargah.

A Hindu group, Hindu Sena, has filed a lawsuit claiming the Ajmer dargah, a Sufi shrine, was built over a Shiva temple. They cite historical texts and