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The Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah [1] is the dargah and mosque complex of the Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya, located in the Nizamuddin West area of Delhi, India. The dargah, or mausoleum, is a Sufi shrine and is visited by thousands of pilgrims every week. [2] The site is also known for its evening qawwali devotional music sessions. [3] [4]
Nizamuddin Auliya's tomb (onion dome), Jama'at Khana Masjid (red wall) and Mughal princess Jahan Ara's tomb (doorway at left), all in Nizamuddin Dargah complex, Delhi. He was merely sixteen or seventeen years old when he first heard the name of Farīduddīn Ganjshakar, and feelings of love and respect arose in his heart right then. He narrates ...
Dargah Mai Sahiba is a Sufi mausoleum situated in Adhchini village of South Delhi district. It is the shrine of "Mai Sahiba" Bibi Zulekha, mother of 14th-century Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. The Dargah is popular among women because they are allowed inside the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine, unlike the majority of Dargahs in India.
Mughal princess Jahan Ara's tomb (left), Nizamuddin Auliya's tomb (right) and Jama'at Khana Masjid (background), at Nizamuddin Dargah complex, in Nizamuddin West, Delhi. The Encyclopedia of Islam divides Chishti history into four periods: Era of the great shaykhs (c. 597 /1200 to 757/1356)
The tomb features an outer dome of diameter 4 m, under which is an inner dome. The entrance to the structure is from the south, through a wooden door. Located in the outer limits of the Nizamuddin Dargah complex, the site on which the tomb lies is raised compared to that of the dargah courtyard. [2]
The environment of the dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya had also been ruthlessly degraded and the holy tank had become a messy cesspool. Restoration work by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), in collaboration with Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), began around 1999 after research work, which started in 1997, and was completed in March ...
Afzal ul-Fawaid (Greatest of Blessings), 1319 - a work of prose containing the teachings of Nizamuddin Auliya. "A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother" is a painting based on a story written by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, but illustrated by Mughal Indian artist, Miskin, in 1597–98.
The Nizamuddin West locality located in Central Delhi is named after 13th century Sufi saint, Nizamuddin Auliya, whose shrine or dargah in Urdu is situated within the area. With the opening of the Nizamuddin Metro Station on the Pink Line, the prices of the colony are expected to rise further. [citation needed]