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{{short description|Annual festival held at Ajmer, Rajasthan, India}}
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The '''Urs festival''' is an annual festival held at [[Ajmer]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]] which commemorates the anniversary of the death of [[Sufi]] saint [[Moinuddin Chishti]], (founder of the [[Chishtiya|Chishtiya Sufi order]] in India).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/news/797th-urs-of-khawaja-moinuddin-chisty-begins-in-ajmer-news-national-jguwargfefi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001070945/http://www.sify.com/news/797th-urs-of-khawaja-moinuddin-chisty-begins-in-ajmer-news-national-jguwargfefi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-01|title=797th Urs of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisty begins in Ajmer|publisher=}}</ref> It is held over six days and features night-long [[dhikr]] (zikr) [[qawwali]] singing. The anniversary is celebrated in the seventh month of the [[Islamic lunar calendar]]. Thousands of pilgrims visit the shrine from all over India and abroad.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-19/jaipur/28168314_1_nizam-gate-urs-flag-devotees-flock |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103220453/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-19/jaipur/28168314_1_nizam-gate-urs-flag-devotees-flock |archive-date=3 November 2012 |url-status=dead |work=[[The Times of India]] |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==The festival==
The sixth day of the Urs is regarded as the most special and auspicious. It is called "Chhati Sharif". It is celebrated on the 6th Rajab between 10:00 A.M. and 1:30 p.m. inside the Mazaar Sharif or shrine complex. ''Shijra'', or the genealogical tree associated with the [[Chishti Order]] is read by duty bound ''Khadims'' of Moinuddin Chishti, and then there is ''Fariyad'' (prayers).

Just before the ''Qu'l'' (conclusion of Chhati Sharif), ''Badhaawa'' (a poem of praise) is sung at the main entrance of the shrine by Qawwals.

Badhaawa is a recitation accompanied only by clapping; no musical instrument is played. It was composed by Syed Behlol Chishty, an ancestor of the present day Chishty Sufis of Ajmer Sharif called Syedzadgan Khadim Khwaja Sahib. After its recitation, the ceremony of the Qu'l comes to an end, and Fatiha is recited. The end of the ceremony is marked by firing a cannon at 1:30 p.m.

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