dargah
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dargah (plural dargahs)
(Islam, South Asia, India, Pakistan) A shrine associated with the grave of a Muslim saint or similar religious figure.
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Khan returned to India at the end of 1926 and there chose the site of his tomb, the Nizamuddin Dargah complex in Delhi where the founder of the Nizami Chishtiyya, Shaykh Nizamuddin Auliya (died 1325), is buried.
Music Friday evening ceremony at Dargah Salim Chisti, India.
Muzaffar Ali Soofi Chisti, the custodian of Hazrat Shaikh Ji Hali dargah, revived the tradition in south India a few years ago.
Visiting the Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah area in Delhi, where thousands of Delhi Muslims feared attacks, he prayed at the shrine, visited the people and reinforced the presence of police.
His (death anniversary) is celebrated in a dargah atop a hill here.