About Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra
Beyond the Dargah, on the outskirts of town, are the ruins of
Adhai-Din-Ka-Jhonpra mosque. According to legend its construction, in
1153, took just 2 and a 1/2 days. (Adhai-Din-Ka-Jhonpra means '2 and a
1/2 day building'). Others believe it was named after a festival that
lasted for 2 and a 1/2 days . It was originally built as a Sanskrit
college , but in 1198 Mohammed of Ghori took Ajmer and converted the
building into a mosque by adding a seven-arched wall covered with
Islamic calligraphy in front of the pillared hall.
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