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| City Profile |
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| STD Code |
0145 |
| Population |
485575 As per 2001 Census |
| Pin Code |
305001 |
| Area (Hectare) |
764666 |
| Panchayat Committee |
8 |
| Village |
1001 |
| Automobile Code |
RJ-01 |
| Gram Panchayat |
276 | |
| General Information |
| Crops |
Wheat,Barley,Corn, Ground Nut, Gauva |
| Industries |
Cotton Textile, Cement, Woollen. Engg. Leather, Dall & Oil Mills, Biri, Bamboo |
| Dam & Lake |
Ana Sagar, Foy Sagar, Pushkar, Narayan Sagar Dam |
| Minerals |
Mangnize, Marble, Uranium, Berillium, Felspar, Dotomite, Esbestos |
| Excursions |
Baghera, Todgarh, Kishangarh, Mangaliyawas, Pushkar | |
| Geographical Features |
| Area |
55.76 sq. km |
| Altitude |
486 meters |
| Climate Winter |
Max. 23.3 degree C Min. 05.5 degree C |
| Climate Summer |
Max. 38.1 degree C Min. 27.7 degree C |
| Rainfall |
38 to 51Cms. |
| Best Season |
July-March |
| Clothing Summer |
Light Tropical |
| Clothing Winter |
Woolen |
| Languages |
Rajasthani, Hindi, Urdu, English, Sindhi | |
| HAZRAT KHWAJA MOINUDDIN CHISTY DARGAH |
| HAZRAT KHWAJA MOINUDDIN CHISTY,S SHRINE IN AJMER IS AN IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION WHICH HAS FOR CENTURIES BEEN ATTRACTING PILGRIMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. IRRESPECTIVELY OF CASTE AND CREED. THESE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT SOURCE OF COMMUNAL HARMONY AND NATIONAL INTEGRITY IN THE COUNTRY |
| MAZARE- AQDAS ( HOLY SHRINE ) TIMING |
| SEASON |
GATE ARE THE OPEN |
GATES ARE CLOSED |
SEASON SUMMER |
GATES ARE OPENED |
GATES ARE CLOSE |
| WINTER |
5 A.M. |
9 P.M. |
SUMMER |
4 A.M. |
10 P.M. | |
- DAILY IN THE AFTERNOON AT 3-00 PM MAZARAE -AQDAS DOORS ARE CLOSED FOR KHIDMAT (CLEANING ) & SANDAL IS APPLIED ON MAZARE AQADAS DOROOD- FATEHA IS RECITED THEREAFTER DOORS ARE OPENED FOR ZIYARAT.
- THURSDAY AFTERNOON DOORS ARE CLOSED AT 2-30 P.M.
- DAILY 20 MINUTES BEFORE MAGHRIB NAMAJZ ROSHNEE ( CANDLES ARE IIIUMINATED ) AND PRESIAN COUPLETS ARE RECITED IN HONOUR OF
- EVERY MONTH (6TH OF LUNAR CALENDAR) CHHATI SHARIF OF HUZOORS KHWAJA GHARIB NAWAZ (R.T.A.) IS OBSERVED
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| SHAHJAHAN'S MOSQUE |
| IN THE CORNER OF THE INNER COURT OF THE DARGAH IS A MAGNIFICENT BUILDING IN WHITE MARBLE WITH A LONG (30.5M) AND NARROW COURT HAVING LOW ARCADE AND DELICATE CARVING WITH TRELLISWORK. IT IS THE MARVELOUS OF ALL THE SANCTUMS WITHIN THE SANCTUARY OF THE DARGAH . |
| ADHAI -DIN -KA -JHONPRA |
| A REMARKABLE STRUCTURE. THIS IS A MASTERPIECE OF INDO- ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE LOCATED ON THE OUT SKIRTS OF THE CITY JUST BEYOND THE DARGAH. AS THE LAGEND GOES . ITS CONSTRUCTION TOOK TWO AND A HALF DAYS (ADHAI - DIN ) TO COMPLETE. IT WAS ORIGINALLY A SANSKRIT COLLEGE. BUILT WITH IN TEMPLE |
| TARAGARH FORT |
| TARAGARG ALSO KNOWN AS STAR FRONT NESTLES ON A CREST OF A HILL AND LOOKS STAR ADORNED WHEN VIEWED IN NIGHT FROM THE VALLEY DOWN BELOW. IT WAS EARLIER KNOWN AS AJAYA - MERU - DURG AND IS ABOUT ONE AND HALF HOUR CLIMP BEYOND THE ADHAI - DIN - KA -JHONPRA. A FINE VIEW OF THE CITY CAN BE ENJOYED FROM HERE |
| GOVERNMENT MUSEUM |
| SITUATED IN THE HEART OF THE OLD CITY AND CLOSE TO THE RAILWAY STATION THE MESEUM IN HOUSED IN THE BEAUTIFUL FORT AND PALACE BUILT BY THE MUGHAL EMPEROR AKBAR IN 1570 |
| MAYO COLLEGE |
| MAYO COLLEGE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1875. FOR PROVIDING EDUCATION TO THE CHILDREN OF THE ROYAL FAMILIES IN THE COUNTRY. THE SCHOOL WAS THE NAMED AFTER LORD MAYO, THE THEN GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA TODAY, IT IS ONE THE PREMIERE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF INDIA IS OPEN TO EVERYBODY .THERE IS A MUSEUM DISPLAYING HISTORICAL OBJECTS OF INTEREST AND BIOLOGICAL PRESERVATION. |
| RODGARH ( 120 K.M) |
| CAPTAIN TOD BUILT THE FORT OF TODGARH. WHICH IS ABOUT 70 KMS. FROM BEAWAR . IT IS 120 KMS. ,SOUTH OF AJMER, AND ONLY 13 KMS. FROM BHIM ON NATIONAL HIGHWAY NO.8. ITS ORIGINAL NAME IS BORASWARA. IN EARLY TIMES NOMADIC TRIBES LIKE THE BANJARAS AND GURJARS INHABITED THIS AREA. TODGARH FORMED A PART OF MERWARA. TODGARH IS PICTURESQUE PLACE SITUATED IN THE ARAVALLIS, THE OLDEST MOUNTAIN RANGE OF THE WORLD TODGARH IS 3281 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL AND HAS THE POTENTIAL OF THE STATUS OF A HILL RESORT, NEXT ONLY TO MOUNT ABU. |
| KISHANGARH (30 KM) |
| KISHAN GARH WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE ERSTWHILE PRINCELY STATE OF THE SAME NAME AND WAS FOUNDED IN 1611 A.D. BY KISHAN SINGH . AS SON OF THE RATHORE DYNASTY OF JODHPUR.IN RECENT YEARS, THE TOWN HAS BECOME A TRADE CENTER FOR VARIOUS OF MARBLE AND PAPIER MACHE PRODUCTS. |
| BEAWAR (54 KM) |
| 54 KMS. FROM AJMER. A BADSHAHI PROCESSION FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATED EVERY YEAR ON THE DAY AFTER HOLI (DHULANDI), WHEREIN LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THROW, GULAL (DRY COLOR) ON EACH OTHER. IT IS FAMOUS FOR ITS 'TIL-PATTI' |
| PUSHKAR (11 KM) |
| THERE IS GENERAL BELIEF AMONG HINDUS THAT NO PILGRIMAGE TO THE FOUR PRINCIPAL PILGRIM CENTERS (CHAR DHAM), NAMELY, BADRINATH, JAGANNATH, RAMESHWARAM & DWARKA WOULD BEAR FRUIT UNLESS ONE BATHES IN HOLY WATERS OF PUSHKAR. LAKHS OF DEVOTEES ASSEMBLE AND BATHE IN THE HOLY WATER DURING KARTIK SHUKLA EKDASSI TO PURNIMA PERIOD OF THE YEAR; BUT BATHING ON THE LAST DAY WHICH IS THE FULMOON (PURNIMA) DAY, CONTERS SPECIAL BLESSINGS. IM THE RECENT YEARS, AN EXCLUSIVE ACCOMMODATION TOURIST VILLAGE IS ALSO ERECTED FOR FOREIGN TOURISTS. COMPETITIONS ARE ORGANIZED FOR THEM AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMES ARE HELD ACQUAINTING THEM WITH THE RAJASTHANI WAY OF LIFE AND CULTURE. PUSHKAR HAS 52 BATHING GHATS AND MANY TEMPLES, BIG AND SMALL; THE MOST CELEBRATED BEING THAT OF BRAHMA, THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE. |
| PUSHKAR FAIR |
| THE ANCIENT TOWN OF PUSHKAR IS TRANSFORMED INTO A SPECTACULAR FAIR GROUND IN THE MONTH OF KARTIK. THE FAIR ATTRACTS A GREAT NUMBER OF TOURISTS FROM FAR & WIDE. HIGHLIGHT OF PUSHKAR FAIR IS THE IN CAMELS. CAMELS ARE BAUGHT , SOLD, DECKED UP AND PARADED ON THE SAND DUNES. PRESENTING A PICTURESQUE SIGHT. THE CAMEL, HORSES AND DONKEY RACES ARE EVENTS THAT DRAW HUGE ATTENDANCE. THE PUSHKAR FAIR BRINGS TOGETHER A LARGE NUMBER OF VILLAGERS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STSTE. |
| BRAHMA TEMPLE (PUSHKAR) |
| PUSHKAR IS BEST KNOWN FOR ITS TEMPLE, THOUGH IT IS VISITED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR . PUSHKAR IN NOVEMBER , DURING THE TIME OF ITS ANNUAL FAIR, IS A COLOURFUL MASS OF A PEOPLE AND CELEBRATION COINCIDING WITH THE LARGEST CAMEL FAIR HEILD IN THE WORLD. |