Tour operators count losses as pilgrims cancel tickets to Ajmer Sharif in wake of Delhi violence

Kolkata | Sunday | 1st March, 2020

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Kolkata: Tour operators are in a fix as several pilgrims going to Ajmer Sharif for the 808th Urs of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti are cancelling their tickets following the spate of communal violence in Delhi last week. "I have been going to the Urs of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti for the last 11 years. However, due to fear of violence and bloodshed, I am not going to the Urs in Ajmer this year. The Urs (Death Anniversary) of Hazrat Khwaja Garib Nawaz takes place in the Islamic month Rajjab. "I being a Hindu respect Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in the same way I respect Lord Hanuman ji..