The dargah in Delhi

The Nizamuddin Dargah in the Indian capital houses the burial site of revered Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya, also regarded as the respected saint of Delhi. The dargah is a complex of tombs, mosques and stalls and is centred on the location where Nizamuddin Auliya was buried.

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ghanshyam

Nov 14, 2014 11:56am

Do these majhars and dargahs not amount to "idol" worship. No doubt we have immense respect for these sufis. Unfortunately more than kafirs, they are under threat from Taliban.

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being human

Nov 14, 2014 12:08pm

how many temples are standing in pak? speaks volumes about who is the righteous ones.

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maria rabbani

Nov 14, 2014 12:21pm

Why can people not let others practice what they want? Its between each man and the creator!! To each their own...repeat after me: to each their own!!! Not that difficult to say...now practice it!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Nov 14, 2014 12:58pm

@ghanshyam This is the beauty of India that gave a colorful tint and variation to all religions. Both Hindu and Muslim and perhaps others except may be Christians pray at the Sufi Saint's Dargah. A lot of people from Pakistan arrive on the URS of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan. It is really not worship. It is admiration of the great souls that helps us tune into our soul and keeps us in touch with the sacred humanity within us.

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Gaurav Arya

Nov 14, 2014 01:07pm

The food around the dargah is awesome. The nihari, biryani, korma and pasanda are to die for. The time to visit is 7 pm on Thursday night. Its just so mind-blowing.

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ghanshyam

Nov 14, 2014 02:57pm

@N. - "admiration" ? - People go to these places with 'Mannats' and 'Duas' in there heart. They tie treads of hope and seek cure for their worldly problems. Even the Sind speaker sought its refuge during the recent cylone !

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Nov 14, 2014 03:33pm

Just wish someday I am able to visit this place without having to fulfill visa requirements.....

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kamran

Nov 14, 2014 04:00pm

@being human Muslim population size in India is not comparable with Hindu population in Pakistan.

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Nov 14, 2014 04:15pm

Most Indians have have high regard for other religions. Wish same to happen in Pak and could visit places there without worries.

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the eddy

Nov 14, 2014 04:42pm

@M Without " Visa req" that should not be possible . Visit India , the way you visit any foreign nation

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Sunshine ( USA)

Nov 14, 2014 04:52pm

As always, DAWN's photos are lovely !! Such places need to be kept clean and organized. There is a reason even a school going boy goes there ...... It gives most of them hope and provides a place to seek solace.

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no name

Nov 14, 2014 04:55pm

@M s, when pak cease to exist

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Safwan

Nov 14, 2014 05:23pm

@being human I am really starting to get tired of these ignorant comments by Indian fellows. Look, have you ever been to Pakistan? Have you ever visited the temples in Pakistan? Do you have any idea about the situation of the temples in Pakistan? In Pakistan, circa 5% of the population is Hindu, so we have temples in accordance to that figure. Please, refrain from posting comments on matters of which you have no knowledge.

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Kaly

Nov 14, 2014 05:39pm

@kamran - Yaah...the reason is you don't care about minorities

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yogesh rathore

Nov 14, 2014 05:42pm

from march 23 ,2012 to august 18 ,2014... I used to go to this dargah every Saturday. ..dint miss a single Saturday. I had to stop cz I fell ill.. they hv qwaali program there. .it's so beautiful n serene. I remember praying there once n I was standing in corner..n d problem I was facing dt time. .I got solution while I was standing there. will start visiting there soon again.

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Sudhakar

Nov 14, 2014 07:05pm

The photo with the kid in it is kinda sad. Why are the residents/care-takers of this facility following the request, example shown by the PM Mr. Modi with "Swacch Bharat" program? Why are they not cleaning up where the faithful are praying? The PM can only inspire you and set an example. It is for you to follow and do it.

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umesh g

Nov 14, 2014 07:31pm

@kamran He was only highlighting the treatment meted to hindus in Pakistan.

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umesh g

Nov 14, 2014 07:32pm

@Safwan You are fooling us.

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rajat

Nov 14, 2014 08:21pm

This is the place where the song Faya Kun Faya from the movie Rockstar was shot.

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s.subrahmanyam

Nov 15, 2014 04:42am

The NIzamuddin Dargah was a little known place of worship by the locals around Lodi Road and Humayun's Tomb area in Delhi several decades back. Now it has become a full fledged pilgrimage site with hundreds of pilgrims visiting and the area is full of buses, taxis and cars and, naturally, vendors selling all the votive paraphernalia. It is now as much a must visit place for the devout as the Ajmer Dargah! I pass by the area and wonder what it like is inside. However, being a non-Muslim I am apprehensive about violating the chastity of the holy place.

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Neeraj

Nov 15, 2014 06:13am

Outside is so dirty!

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swesh

Nov 15, 2014 07:20am

@s.subrahmanyam not to forget haji ali in mumbai full of crowed every time

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swesh

Nov 15, 2014 07:21am

i also think wheather muslim consider sai baba muslim or not becoz they have we all have immesnse belife in him

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anil

Nov 15, 2014 09:34am

@M Blueeeeeh! what a whimsical thought by a foreigner to come without a Visa.

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anil

Nov 15, 2014 09:43am

The Dargah board is required to pick up the broom and clean up the entire place around the shrine. There is a lot of dirt & filth lying around and the stalls selling raw meat must also be told to clean up properly as they emit a strong smell of rotting blood. If the approach is made cleaner, it will only add to the sanctity of this holy place.

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Karthik

Nov 15, 2014 10:30am

@Safwan in Pakistan the number of Hindus are reduced every year and same happens to temple also. Every year 5000 Hindus migrate from Pakistan to India. Recently Sikhs have also started that. Indorse is the city which absorbs most of the Migrants.

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Mohit Sharma

Nov 15, 2014 11:04am

@Safwan now 5 % in 1947??? can u tell why have they been reduced to 5 % ... dare to speak ??? i m sure u dont

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Abdul

Nov 15, 2014 01:28pm

@Mohit Sharma You have got it very wrong, perhaps it is the media infiltrating your minds. I have visited some of the temples including the Kali Mata temple in Baluchistan which is said to be the birth place of the Kali Mata - it is preserved and is in a good shape. I see Hundus around and trust me they are in a much better condition than even many of their majority Muslim fellows. Can Muslims live the same way in India - I don't know....

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atheist

Nov 15, 2014 02:40pm

@M no such day will come as a global govt is a distant dream and india will never occupy pakistan :p

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Roy

Nov 15, 2014 05:19pm

@M well respect Hinduism maybe you will

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Nov 15, 2014 05:29pm

@safwan your comment is a joke. We all know the sate of minorities and atrocities against them. trying to tell pakistan is secular is a joke. I have several pakistani close friends who had the courage to openly lament on the real state of Hindus, temples and against other religions and envelope other sect within Muslims.

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Kamal

Nov 15, 2014 07:37pm

@umesh g @ Open your mind and heart and come out of box.The Pakistani Hindus are much better and even they have good jobs for educated flocks unlike India Muslims are brutally discriminated.As a community the Muslims of India are more enlightened unlike Hindus of Pakistan.Muslims in India know how to fight back for their right and of course they are in good numbers unlike Hindus in Pakistan the case is exactly opposite.

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Safwan

Nov 15, 2014 08:03pm

@Mohit Sharma Dare to speak? This just show your abysmal ignorance. In 1951, the first post Partition census revealed that 8% of West Pakistan (current day Pakistan) population was non Muslim, right now they are around 6%. A 2% decrease due to the higher fertility rate of Muslim community. Same goes for India, a decrease of the Hindu population in terms of percentage of the population has been registered after Partition for the exact same reason. Next time before commenting have some decency and look up to facts. @Kathrik 5'000 in a population of 10 million is not a big figure. (sure the situation must be improved so this doesn't happen anymore).

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PRamod USA

Nov 15, 2014 09:05pm

@Safwan fyi only 2% are hindu no w in Pakistan i never get an answer to this question that how Muslims in Pakistan have one 77% to 97% and hindus are reduced from 22% to 2%.

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Nancy

Nov 16, 2014 12:18am

@M Why to distroy the peace.

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sapeace

Nov 16, 2014 12:29am

Places and devotion around places like this remind us we are humans and need some kind of belief system

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s.subrahmanyam

Nov 16, 2014 04:19am

@swesh Agreed. However, Haji Ali Dargah is not as popular among Muslim pilgrims outside of Maharashtra. Nizamuddin and Ajmer are nationally famous and attract a large number of pilgrims from all over India and some from Pakistan.

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komal s

Nov 16, 2014 08:06am

@kamran have you asked why?

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PThind

Nov 16, 2014 09:01am

@kamran ...you ar eright. Systematically it has been reduce to zero. And still you guys cry foul. Unbelievable!!!

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Kishore

Nov 16, 2014 10:10am

@Abdul They are living in India with pride. They are living here without any fear and practicing their religion with peace.

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Sierrabrave

Nov 16, 2014 11:03am

@Safwan and why exactly is the Hindu population only 5%? Was it always so?

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Sierrabrave

Nov 16, 2014 02:22pm

@Safwan almost a quarter of the population of Sindh was Hindu prior to 1947! Where do you get your 8% figures from? Anyway we are not complaining cause the migrants have on the whole been great assets (assets that were kicked out by you!!!)

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Shah

Nov 16, 2014 02:59pm

Delhi used to be the capital of India and Pakistan when Muslims were ruling with justice and Hanfi rule of law. Hindus accepted and embraced Hanfi school of thought as their law for centuries. Even Hindus looked upon King Bahadur Shah Zafar as the King of Hindustan. Delhi used to be a Muslim majority city until the disaster of 1857 War of Independence.

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Shah

Nov 16, 2014 03:04pm

@Mohit Sharma Most of our Hindus lived in East Pakistan. When India invaded our country in 1971 and Bangladesh was established, our majority Hindu population went along. Please read some real history i stead of the RSS propaganda they teach you in India.

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Rashmi

Nov 17, 2014 02:15am

@kamran and why do you think that is? Hindus were about 22% in 1947 in Pakistan and muslims were only 7% in india at the same time. Check the current % now and try to understand why that happened.

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Bantee

Nov 17, 2014 07:20am

@anil Very True, I like to see sacred place clean and welcoming. Last I visited was 10 years back and looks no care is being taken. I wish shops removed at-least 500 mts and no meat sale.

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anil

Nov 17, 2014 09:31am

@Safwan You got it all wrong. There were 18% Hindus in Pakistan when it was created.

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Khalil Anwer Hassan

Nov 18, 2014 02:12pm

@s.subrahmanyam You have a noble heart and shouldn't fear desecrating the Dargah by visiting it as a non-Muslim. Hazrat Khwaja never discriminated between human beings, even during his lifetime, on the basis of religion. You ought to expect the same treatment from him now that he is only bodily absent. Respect is love and vice versa. Both are boundless and reciprocal.

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muhammad

Nov 18, 2014 04:40pm

@being human Come and see yourself or you may ask your Sikhs fellows that how Pakistan Government and people treat them and how good in shape are their religious buildings

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muhammad

Nov 18, 2014 04:43pm

@DM Yes Sikhs visit their religious places in Pakistan without worries we Pakistanis at large have the same heart and soul as the Indians have barring few extremists thanks to SA

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Anu

Nov 19, 2014 10:00am

@M Ameen!

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American

Nov 20, 2014 01:32am

@Safwan Actually they dawn should post some pictures or temples in Pakistan. Only thing world hears about Pakistan is about terror and cruelty. That way Indians can have positive view about Pakistan

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