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The week long 803rd Urs of the revered Sufi saint Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Hasan Chisty of Ajmer began today. For the first time Chadar was offered at the tomb of Khawaja on behalf of American President Barak Obama. Two officials of American Embassy offered Chadar on behalf of American President at dargah today and read message of peace and harmony.
According to an official statement from the Dargah, the message from Verma read, “On behalf of the United States government, I convey greetings of deepest friendship and respect to the community of Dargah Ajmer Sharif and the people of Ajmer. On this day, the 803rd Annual Urs of Hazrat Khawaja Moinudeen Hasan Chishty, our thoughts are with the community in Ajmer and we give thanks for the work of the Dargah Ajmer Sharif and its legacy of striving for understanding, peace, and respect between all faiths and peoples of the world.”
It further added, “As President Obama has said: ‘Whatever our beliefs, whatever our traditions, we must seek to be instruments of peace, and bringing light where there is darkness, and sowing love where there is hatred’.”