The most revered shrine of Khwaja Muinuddin, popularly known as "Garib Nawaz" is located at:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Ajmer (Rajasthan)
The most revered sufi shrine is that of Khwaja Muinuddin, “Gharib Nawaz” (comforter of the poor), whose dargah is at Ajmer (Rajasthan).
NCERT (2026-27): “7.2 Chishti devotionalism: ziyarat and qawwali … Pilgrimage, called ziyarat, to tombs of sufi saints is prevalent all over the Muslim world. This practice is an occasion for seeking the sufi’s spiritual grace (barakat). For more than seven centuries people of various creeds, classes and social backgrounds have expressed their devotion at the dargahs of the five great Chishti saints (see chart on p.154). Amongst these, the most revered shrine is that of Khwaja Muinuddin, popularly known as ‘Gharib Nawaz’ (comforter of the poor). The earliest textual references to Khwaja Muinuddin’s dargah date to the fourteenth century.…”
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