![]() The Mehfil Khana also known as Mehfil-E-Sama turns a platform for six-day spiritual singing. The qawwali sessions by qawwals (tra ditional singers) malangs (mystics) and devotees set off a night-long melodic journey after the sun sets behind the Aravalli hills. Echoes of qawwalis and recitation give a delightful experience to linguistic connoisseurs during the ongoing annual Urs. The mausoleum probably is the only place where we hear the mesmerizing couplets poetries in centuries-old Indic languages-Hindavi, Braj, Gujarati, Marwari, Hindi, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Rekhta, Sindhi along with Urdu, Persian and Arabic. It is a common sight at 80-feet-high Mehfil Khana in the 12th century dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer. The repeated rendition of Marwari couplets spark a deep wave of mysticism among devotees who start whirling on their feet. ![]() JAIPUR: Theto palak pugado deenanath sewa mein tumhre dasi kad ke khadi (Oh lord! Your servant is standing at your door.
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