Fact Check Ajmer Sharif Dargah Swastika Symbol: Ajmer Sharif Dargah is in the news at the moment. A petition has been filed in a local court in Ajmer claiming that there is a Shiva temple beneath the dargah. The controversy has increased after the application was accepted in the court. This petition has been filed on the basis of some claims made in a book written in 1911. The author named Harbilas Sharda has written in the book that there is a Hindu temple below this Dargah. Currently, a picture is being shared widely on social media in which it is being claimed that Swastika marks have also been found in the Dargah. So today we will know the truth of this picture.
Claim of Swastika symbol in Ajmer Dargah
Once again, pictures of windows with Swastika symbols are being shared on social media. Along with this, it is being claimed that it is from Ajmer Sharif Dargah. After the recent controversy, once again many people are sharing this picture. This claim is not new, but has been seen frequently on social media for the last two years. Actually this claim was made by Maharana Pratap Sena in 2022. After this he showed a picture and claimed that this window with the Swastika symbol is from Ajmer Sharif Dargah.
truth of the picture
Now if we investigate this viral claim, the truth comes out to be different. Searching on Google with keywords like ‘Ajmer Dargah Swastik’ revealed some news published in 2022. In which this picture has been used. When this picture was put in ‘Google Image Search’, the news ‘Dhai Din Ka Jhopra’ came up, in which the same picture appeared. At that time many media channels also went to Ajmer Dargah and searched for this window, but they found the window with this picture not in the Dargah but in ‘Dhai Din Ka Jhopra’.
What is a two and a half day hut?
‘Dhai Din Ka Jhopra’ is situated at a distance of about 500 meters from Ajmer Sharif Dargah. This approximately 800 year old building is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India. Prayers are offered in the mosque inside the structure. Some historians claim that a temple and a center of Sanskrit education was established here by Maharaja Vigraharaj Chauhan. Qutubuddin Aibak demolished it on the orders of Mohammad Ghori and replaced it with the present building in just two and a half days. This building was built from the debris of the temple, which is why many Hindu symbols, including the Swastika, are still present in it. Recently, a BJP MP again demanded the Central Government to start a temple and educational institution here.
