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Clad in a burqa, Bollywood actress Amisha Patel visited the shrine of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer near here. The
actress, who was here for a week to shoot for Priyadarshan's film
"Bhool Bhulaiya", Sunday visited the dargah, 130 km from Jaipur.
The comic thriller, a remake of Malayalam super-hit "Manichitrathazu", also stars Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan and Paresh Rawal.
"Amisha
spent nearly 10 minutes in the dargah after arriving at 11.30 a.m. by
an auto-rickshaw," a dargah committee member told IANS on phone from
Ajmer.
The actress was dressed in a black burqa to avoid
members of the media and her fans and was accompanied by security
personnel, he added.
Owing to Chati - a Muslim ritual - the dargah was full of devotees offering chadars to the saint.
"Amisha
offered the chadar and flowers and tied wish threads. After offering
prayers, she sat on Khadim Zahoor Baba's gaddi (seat) in the dargah
before leaving for his residence in Ratidang," the committee member
added.
The shrine, dedicated to the Sufi saint who came to Ajmer
from Persia in 1192, attracts thousands of pilgrims during Urs, an
occasion commemorating Chisti's death anniversary.
Indo-Asian News Service
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