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 lower court in Rajasthan has accepted a petition filed by the Hindu Sena, which claims that the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, a prominent Muslim shrine, contains a Shiv Temple. The court has issued notices to three parties associated with the shrine and scheduled a hearing for December 20,

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.

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

The court's notice over the plea claiming the existence of a Shiva Temple in Ajmer Sharif dargah has triggered a new wave of political controversy, which has once again divided the Opposition and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti attacks “dangerous trajectory of communal polarisation sparked by a controversial judgment delivered by a former CJI”.

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A Rajasthan court on Wednesday accepted a petition by a right-wing outfit claiming Ajmer's Dargah Sharif was a Shiva temple in a growing list of Muslim religious sites under dispute

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.