Dargah Nizamuddin Aulia
Sufi shrine and stepwell complex drawing pilgrims and qawwali devotees for nearly seven centuries.
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This guide to the Dargah Nizamuddin Aulia in Delhi follows the medieval Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya's standoff with Sultan Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, who cut off his workers' lamp oil to stop them digging a step well by night. It traces the miracle attributed to the saint, the sultan's fury as he marched back toward Delhi, and the four words Nizamuddin is said to have sent in reply. Come on a Thursday evening to hear the qawwali tradition his disciple Amir Khusrau began.
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