Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah
Qawwali singers fill a marble courtyard built around the tomb of a 14th-century Sufi saint, drawing pilgrims and devotees every week.
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The complex holds more than 70 graves spanning Sultanate and Mughal eras, including Nizamuddin Auliya's tomb (main structure raised by Muhammad bin Tughluq in 1325) and the tomb of poet Amir Khusrau, his disciple, at the entrance. It functions as an active pilgrimage site drawing thousands of visitors each week, not a preserved relic.
What to look for
- The white dome of Nizamuddin's tomb — roughly 6 metres across, built in 1562 by Faridun Khan — surrounded by an ornate marble patio screened with carved jalis (trellis walls)
- The Jamat Khana Masjid next door: red sandstone, three bays, stone walls carved with Quranic text, and arches embellished with lotus buds
- The entrance tombs of Amir Khusrau and Jahanara Begum (Shah Jahan's daughter), both listed as Monuments of National Importance
Located in Nizamuddin West, Delhi; the complex includes a baoli (stepwell) and a wazookhana (ablution area), and was extensively restored around 2010 by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah is one of 35 sights worth the detour in Delhi, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Delhi pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Delhi
- Red FortThe ramparts where Jawaharlal Nehru raised India's flag on 15 August 1947 still host that ceremony every Independence Day.
- Qutb MinarSuccessive dynasties handed this tower off across 170 years — Aibak started it in 1199, Firuz Shah Tughlaq capped it with a cupola in 1368.
- Humayun's TombThe red-sandstone ancestor of the Taj Mahal — commissioned by an empress, designed by Persian architects, and finished a century before Agra.
- Jama MasjidShah Jahan built his imperial mosque at the highest point of Shahjahanabad — the Mughal capital — and it was regarded as a symbolic gesture of Mughal power across India.
- Lotus TempleTwenty-seven marble petals, grouped in threes, fold into a single hall where any person of any faith walks in without condition.
- India GateAround 13,300 names carved in stone — soldiers lost across Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, and the Afghan frontier.