Surat craftsmen to offer biggest 'chadar' at Ajmer Sharif

April 23, 2015 08:50

The biggest 'chadar' put together by the skilled craftsmen of Surat is to be offered at the Ajmer Dargah Sharif on the occasion of the 803rd Urs of Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty.

The 'chadar' is 24 meters long and 17 meters wide. It took six months for ten craftsmen to make it and is said to be the biggest 'chadar' to be offered at the Dargah.

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