A local court in Ajmer on Wednesday admitted a petition seeking a physical survey of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, the shrine of the revered Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. The petition was filed by Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta,

The court in Ajmer, known the world over for the dargah visited by thousands of devotees cutting across religious lines every day, issued the notices on Wednesday.

Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta, who filed a civil lawsuit claiming that the dargah of Sufi Saint Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer was built over a Shiva temple, on Saturday lodged a police complaint alleging that he has received death threats for filing the petition.

A fresh controversy has begun after a court deemed admissible the plea to ask ASI to survey the Ajmer Dargah, claiming that a temple existed there. Amid the row, read what the documents say about the history of Dargah.

Vishnu Gupta, claimed the court accepted their petition regarding the presence of a Lord Shiva temple at Ajmer's Dargah.

The ‘38-page’ lawsuit contains as many points of reference to show that a Shiva temple pre-existed where the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer is located

A local court on Wednesday took up a plea filed by a Hindu outfit's leader claiming a Shiva temple exists within Ajmer's Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Dargah shrine.