#ajmar #dargah #meeranshah #taragarh – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:35:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg #ajmar #dargah #meeranshah #taragarh – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 Syed Meeran Shah’s Dargah in Taragarh, Ajmer https://ranasafvi.com/syed-meeran-shahs-dargah-in-taragarh-ajmer/ https://ranasafvi.com/syed-meeran-shahs-dargah-in-taragarh-ajmer/#respond Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:35:27 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=39459 The Dargah of Syed Meeran Shah on the hill of Taragarh , Ajmer, above the dargah of Khwaja Garib Nawaz and is very revered.
It is not so well known today.
His simple shrine was first added to in Jahangir’s reign with a domed structure.
There is a tree in the compound which is associated with fertility and many come there to pray for children.
It has buildings offered by grateful parents and devotees.
was buried in the Taragarh Fort.
Over the centuries many construction activities were undertaken here, including a small water body attributed to Sher Shah Suri, a Buland Darwaza (lofty doorway) by Ismail Quli Khan on orders of Emperor Akbar, an apartment during the reign of Jahangir and one set of apartments by Maratha chief Kumar Rao Scindia whose prayers for a son were answered in the dargah.
Maharani Baiza Bai Scindia of Gwalior (1784-1863) has also contributed to the many edifices decorating the dargah. There are contributions by the Nizam of Hyderabad, Rajput chieftains and a Sikh gentleman who resides in UK. These represent the syncretic traditions of the dargah in cold hard stone, not just emotions.

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