The Urs festival is an annual Muslim festival in Ajmer, India that marks the death anniversary of Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti. Thousands of devotees travel to his shrine, the Dargah, considered the second most sacred pilgrimage site for Muslims after Mecca. Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti was an influential 12th century Sufi mystic who introduced the Chishti order of Sufism to South Asia and India. He is renowned for his teachings of love, harmony and service to humanity.

1. URS FESTIVAL - INDIA

2. Thousands of Sufi devotees from different parts of India
annually travel to the shrine of Sufi Muslim saint Hazrat Khwaja
Muinuddin Chishti, in Ajmer, in the Indian state of Rajasthan
for the annual Urs festival observed to mark his death
anniversary. It is one of the sacred festivals for Muslims. After
Mecca, the Dargah at Ajmer is considered the second most
sacred pilgrimage for Muslims.
Sultan-ul-Hind, Moinuddin Chishti was born in 1141 and died in
1230 CE. Also known as Gharīb Nawāz "Benefactor of the Poor“,
he is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of the
Indian Subcontinent. He introduced and established the order in
South Asia. The initial spiritual chain or silsila of the Chishti
order in India, comprising Moinuddin Chishti, Bakhtiyar Kaki,
Baba Farid and Nizamuddin Auliya (each successive person being
the disciple of the previous one), constitutes the great Sufi
saints of Indian history.

3. Moinuddin Chishtī is said. Sufi are deviant version of islam have
been born in 536 A.H./1141 CE, in Chishti in Sistan region of
Afghanistan. He was a Sayed, a descendant of Muhammad
through Ja'far aṣ-Ṣādiq. He grew up in Persia. His parents
died when he was only fifteen years old. He inherited a windmill
and an orchard from his father. During his childhood, young
Moinuddin was different from others and kept himself busy in
prayers and meditation. Legend has it that once when he was
watering his plants, a revered Sufi, Shaikh Ibrāhim Qundūzī (or
Kunduzi) -- the name deriving from his birth place, Kunduz in
Afghanistan -- came to his orchard. Young Moinuddin
approached him and offered him some fruits. In return, Sheikh
Ibrāhīm Qundūzī gave him a piece of bread and asked him to
eat it. The Khwāja got enlightened and found himself in a
strange world after eating the bread. After this he disposed of
his property and other belongings and distributed the money to
the poor. He renounced the world and left for Bukhara in
search of knowledge and higher education.
He became the Murid (disciple) of Usman Harooni.

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