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Ajmer is located 132 kms away from Jaipur and 198 kms from Jodhpur. It is connected by road to Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Udaipur and Kota. Ajmer is a railway junction on the Delhi-Ahmedabad section of the Western Railway. During the Urs, special buses ply from cities all over India carrying people to Ajmer and back. The ornament of city Ajmer, full of utmost divinity and power, the place where you will the atmosphere full of divine peace and love. Dargah Shariff of Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti a must visited place in India, one of the holiest place and utmost divinity for Muslims, dargaah is open for the people from all faiths, every one can come and perform prayers.The great saint is believed to have retreated to his meditation grounds six days prior to his death, he was burried at the same spot. The death aniversary of the great saint, known as the festival of Urs, is celebrated over a period of six days. Devouts from all over the world come here to pay their homage to the great saint.

Under the rule of Humayun the Ajmer Sharif mosque was completed. Empror Akbar was a regular visitor to this religious shrine.

The holy shrine is in the middle of Ajmer city and is spread over a large area. Two massive iron cauldrons (degs) are placed at the entrance of the dargah where devotees put there donations which are later distributed among the poor.

Akbar and Shahjahan had constructed two mosques in the complex and the saint’s tomb, with a marble dome, is in the centre of the second courtyard and is surrounded by a silver platform.

Ajmer situated in the foothills of `Ajaya Meru’ the unconquerable hill, this green paradise was founded in 1100 AD by Aijpal Chauhan. The city was founded by Raja Ajay Pal Chauhan in the 7th Century A.D. and continued to be a major center of the Chauhan power till 1193 A.D.

One of the major city of Rajisthan, Ajmer became domicile to various dynasties, which left behind ineradicable mark of Hindu, Isalamic culture and traditions on the city’s history. It is a holy place for both Hindus and Muslims.

The city is embellished with the monolith of a Sufi saint, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, whose blessings are anxiously received by devotees, The dargha known as the ‘Dargah Sharif’.

It is India’s most significant shrine for Muslims and thousands of devotees of all religions visit the holy place through the year. It is located at the foot of a barren hill. It  is a marble domed mausoleum. Legend has it that the Mughal emperor, Akbar visited the saint in the 16th century in pursuit of a boon for a child, the saint obliged the Emperor. He used to make a pilgrimage to the Dargah from Agra once a year. The shrine is next only to Mecca or Median for the Muslims of south Asia.

It is the most outstanding of all the sanctums within the shrine of the Dargah. Inside the premises of Dargah there is a dazzling structure in white marble with a long (30.5m) having low corridor and delicate carvings with trelliswork.

Mohhamed Ghauri conquered Ajmer and transfigured the building into a mosque by constructing a seven arched wall in front of the pillared hall in just two-and-half days (adhai-din). An unprecedented structure, this is a masterpiece of Indo-Islamic architecture located just beyond the Dargah. In 1193 A.D.

A view of the entire city from the fort is unimaginable. Initially the fort was Mugals for the military activity, later it was used as a sanitarium by the British.The remnants of the Taragarh Fort, perched on a hill, can be approached by a exciting one and a half hour steep climb.