A lawsuit has sparked controversy by claiming Ajmer Shariff was originally a Shiva temple. A court notice has ordered a survey of the site, raising concerns about communal tension. Political figures and community representatives express worry about the implications.

The caretakers of Ajmer Sharif Dargah have denounced recent claims that the shrine is a Hindu temple, asserting that such petitions seek personal publicity. They urge Prime Minister Modi to intervene,

Civil Judge Manmohan Chandel issued notices after Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta claimed in his petition that the dargah -- the mausoleum of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti -- was a Shiva temple.

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A local court on Wednesday took up a plea filed by a Hindu outfit's leader claiming a Shiva temple exists within Ajmer's Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Dargah shrine.

In 2011, Gupta and some others founded the Hindu Sena, an organisation that he claims has “lakhs of members” now, with units in “almost all parts of India”.

The petitioner’s counsel, Ramswaroop Bishnoi, cited a 1911 book titled Ajmer: Historical and Descriptive which claimed that debris from a Hindu temple were used in the construction of the dargah.

A Hindu group, Hindu Sena, has filed a lawsuit claiming the Ajmer dargah, a Sufi shrine, was built over a Shiva temple. They cite historical texts and