The new age beggars of Ajmer - they have bank accounts, ATM cards

New age beggars of Ajmer who beg outside the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti collect alms from devotees who come to visit and, in order to ensure safety of the earnings, they deposit the money in banks - sometimes on a daily basis.
It is a tradition that all devotees who come to Ajmer dargah give the beggars 'zakat' or donations and, on any lean day, a beggar can earn around Rs 200-Rs 300 and, on auspicious occasions, this can up to Rs 1,000-Rs 1,200.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 4 October 2016.

As one of the beggars has revealed - the idea of opening a bank account came to him after a drug addict attacked him with a blade and took away all his money. A kind-hearted person helped him to open a saving account.
Then there is a woman beggar who has ATM. She has an account in a nationalized bank in Ajmer and every second or third day she deposits her savings and, using her ATM card, checks the balance with the help of a guard.


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