Pakistan President Mr. Asif Ali Zardari visit Ajmer SharifShrine on Sunday offered prayers at the historic 13th century dargah of Sufi
saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chisti in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India after
which a $1 million donation for the shrine was announced.
At the end of his visit to the Dargah marked by tight
security this evening, Mr. Zardari said he felt "a great spiritual
happiness" after coming to this holy place which was "beyond
description."
A $1 million donation (Rs 5 crore) for the welfare of the
shrine was announced on behalf of President Zardari by a member of his
delegation, according to the Anjuman Committee's vice president Syed
Khalimuddin Hasan Chishti.
Clad in a blue shalwar kameez, 56 years old Mr. Zardari, accompanied by his son Bilawal Ali Bhutto, interior minister Mr. Rehman Malik
and members of his 44 members delegation, stayed inside the Sufi saint's
mausoleum for 20 minutes where he offered a 42 square meter long red 'chadar'
and floral tributes.
Bilawal offered a green chadar. The chadar is a ceremonial
cloth inscribed with religious verses.
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