Visiting or rather paying respects to Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Dargah was spellbinding. This is where Amir Khusrau is also buried. Ghalib is also buried close by. This visit and subsequent visit to Humayun's Tomb (and the adjoining world class museum) helped me to understand the spiritual and artistic North Hindustani /Classical culture. That all Indian rulers chose to be buried in this area that was founded by Nizammuddin Aulia , close to the Yamuna River. The legacy of Nizammuddin Aulia , a 14th century Sufi saint, carries on to this day. I was also personally very very happy to have paid respects to Amir Khusrau, the poet scholar artist musician who apparently invented the sitar, the tabla and the qawali.
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