Nizamuddin Dargah

Nizamuddin Dargah

When you enter the area of

Nizamuddin Dargah from Opp. Humayun’s Tomb,

Mathura Road, you are greeted Mathura Road

by crowds of beggars, vendors Metro Station: JLN Stadium

Timings: Morning to Evening

and sellers of caps and rosaries.

Entry: Free

A lane on the left leads to the

Days Closed: None

famous  Mughlai  restaurant, Photography Charges: Nil

Karim. Next comes the Ghalib

Academy, established to

honour the 19th-century Urdu

poet  Mirza Ghalib.  Ghalib's

Tomb  is  in  the  adjacent

compound.

As you move further, you meet sellers of flowers and chadur (sheets) to offer at the dargahs (mausoleums). You should first visit Amir Khusro's Tomb. Amir Khusro, the father of qawwali, was a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya. Qawwali is the devotional music of the Sufis. From here Nizamuddin Dargah is a