Langar Khana is the Place in Dargah Ajmer where Free Food which is called Langar is Cooked & distributed to all, and Where Food is Prepared to be Given to the Poor & to the Needy.
Cooking Pot
Dargah Ajmer distributes food to all twice daily from the langar khana. Chishty foundation have always believed in distributing food to the needy whenever possible.
The medieval Chishty Khanqas kept open kitchens and this tradition in continued by the Ajmer Dargah Sharif and Khadims. The British Administration was clearly impressed by this aspect of the dargah sharif’s activities. The Rajputana District Gazetteer of 1904 reports that ordinary private charity in times of famine cannot much be continued upon to supplement government aid, an exception is, perhaps, the institution attached to the Dargah of Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz at Ajmer, known as the Langar Khana, the only permanent poor-house in the district. Two mounds and six seers of grain with six seers of salt are cooked and distributed to all corners before day break in the morning, and the same quantity before five o’clock in the evening. Besides the 1,570 maunds of grain which are thus yearly consumed, 644 maunds are annually distributed to infirm women, widows and other deserving persons at their own houses.
It is said that the only food that Khwaja Gharib Nawaz used to have was a morsel of crushed barley
The story goes that Emperor Akbar, like any other pilgrim devotee, once went to the Langar Khana in disguise to take food.
Providentially, it was raining heavily, and Akbar unfortunetly fell down on the floor as the ground was slippery. Contemplating over this mishap, Akbar decided that a pucca building to house the kitchen was needed in order to save such mishaps to others and as a result the present building came up.
If anyone of you has a plan to cook Degh at any time of the year, u can send amount directly to my Account No.018501524429 ICICI Bank Ajmer or call me to the Mobile: +91 9314747893, 9351929593, 9829135838 so that I may make the necessary arrangements required, as Degs (Cauldrons) are cooked all the year round. It can be cooked in your personal presence and also in your absence, on your behalf or any sort of Niyaz you want to cook other then Degs (Cauldrons).
