Chadar

Pilgrims carry a 'chadar', a ceremonial cloth inscribed with religious verses, as an offering at the shrine of Sufi Saint Hazarat Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer, India, on Thursday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Flower petals are seen on a 'chadar' as pilgrims proceed with it towards the dargah, or shrine, on Monday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

India's Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, third left, poses with a 'chadar' at her residence in New Delhi on Monday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Going down a ward at night, one might see four hundred or more of these convicts, each enveloped from head to foot in a "chadar," or native sheet, literally over head and ears in sleep. ❋ W. D. Bayliss (1869)

The Press Trust of India reports Abdul Rehman, 69, had gone to India on a tourist visa on Saturday along with some family members, to offer 'chadar' at the shrine of Syed Salar Masood Ghazi in the district of Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ms. Hasina, her son Wajid Joy, sister Sheikh Rehana, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, and High Commissioner to India Tariq Kareem laid a "chadar" at the mausoleum of the Sufi saint and performed "ziarat" with the help of a hereditary "khadim" (worker), Kamaluddin Chishti, amid tight security. ❋ Unknown (2010)

June 27th, 2009 AJMER - Union Ministers Salman Khursheed and Sachin Pilot offered a 'chadar' or holy cloth at the revered shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chisti in Ajmer on the occasion of 797 "Urs", here on Saturday. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Armed with a mini-recorder and enveloped from head to toe in a 'chadar' (outer garment women in some Islamic societies wear as part of their adherence to 'purdah') with just her eyes showing, Asma Nawar's day begins on a different note every day. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But now not only has the number of participants gone up but the size of the 'chadar' that is offered by devotees has also increased to 300 feet. ❋ Brij Khandelwal (2009)

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offers a 'chadar' at the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer on Wednesday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Khursheed and Pilot offered the 'chadar' on behalf of United Progressive Alliance Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi at the sacred Ajmer Sharif shrine. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"chadar" or sheet in his box, which was also numbered to correspond. ❋ W. D. Bayliss (1869)

'chadar' at the Dargah Sharif of Aala Hazrat at Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh and also offered prayers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A daffa is not unlike a chadar, a loose black garment. ❋ Unknown (2010)