Popular Image Practices at
The Shrine of Nizamuddin in Delhi
Continuity and Change in Iconography, Media, and Discourse
A Research and Documentation Project at Tasveer Ghar, New Delhi, India, under “Cluster of Excellence - Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows” (University of Heidelberg) Research Area: RE3.10/08 Brosius
The Pilgrims and
Their Movement
Objects, Visuals,
and the Media
This evolving multimedia project seeks to study the popular printed images and media available around the Sufi shrine of Nizamuddin in Delhi, especially focusing on how they have changed over time
in response to the changes brought about by urbanization, movement of pilgrims, new technology, and competition from more reformist tableeghi and Wahhabi ideologues in the vicinity? It also seeks to relate to
similar studies being made in other parts of India and the world.
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