Ajmer is a city in Rajasthan, India. The city is famous for AjmerSharif Dargah, located south of the artificial Ana Sagar Lake. The domed shrine of Muslim Sufi saint Khwaja Garib Nawaz is visited by lakhs of Muslims throughout the year. Nearby, a 16th-century palace Akbari Fort & Museum was built by Mughal emperor Akbar. There Ajmer Government Museum is now located that displays that era’s armor and stone sculptures. Ajmer is also famous for its renowned MayoCollege, which also houses a museum that exhibits art and taxidermy birds.
Ajmer is also famous for Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra, a mosque and several Jain Temples, including Nareli Gyanoday Digamber Jain temple also famous are Taragarh Fort, Maqbara Shaikh Husain, Nasiyan Jain temple, Daulat Bagh, Jagat Palace, Lake Foy Sagar, Rangji Temple, Buland Darwaza, and Prithviraj Smarak Monument. Open throughout the year for tourists the city is well connected by rail, road, and air with all major cities of #India. Ajmer is well known for Silver Ornaments, Chaddars, Brassware, Jodhpuri Joothis, and Colorful Turbans and several shops in the city sell these products. Tourists can also buy the unique Benzoin Resin made from local species of styrax tree.
Also worth buying are locally made Lac Ornaments, apparel with heavy embroidery, Silver Ornaments, as well as wooden, brass, marble, and earthen handicraft items tourist can also buy marble carvings of deities and monuments from the Kishangarh region of the city. another unique item to buy are Phad Painting ancient art forms of Ajmer and Pushkar surrounding regions. Ajmer is also located very near to the Hindu pilgrimage center of Pushkar which is famous for the Pushkar camel fair and the Pushkar lake as well as Bramha temple. At Ajmer, tourists can enjoy local Rajasthani delicacies in restaurants, especially the local Sohan Halwa. All in all a memorable place to visit for tourists.
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