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Another site the Ajmer city is famous for is the Adhai-din-ka-Jhonpra ('the two-and-a-half day shed'). This 12th-century mosque in Ajmer was built by Qutb-ud-din Aibak in 1199 using pillars from demolished Hindu and Jain temples. The mosque is renowned for its carved stone screen—an ornate mihrab wall with Quranic inscriptions—and for its 70 pillars, no two of which are alike. The name refers to its supposed 2.5-day construction or a fair once held here.
What makes this place special
The screen wall facing the qibla is carved with some of the finest Kufic Quranic calligraphy in India — minute stone lettering across a 10-metre width.
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The mosque's 70 carved pillars were taken from earlier Hindu and Jain temples on the site — no two are alike, making the hall visually astonishing.