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Videos Among the various types of video documentation being carried out during this project, here are a few samples. Some of these have been recorded very recently while some are slightly older. Some are also clippings from the commercially available devotional music videos:
Nizamuddin shrine market in Delhi, India - devotional objects being sold Shops outside the Sufi shrine in Delhi - local residents as well as pilgrims visit the shops selling a variety of objects of devotional nature.
Qawwali session at the Urs Mahal near Nizamuddin shrine, Delhi The Urs or death anniversary of Nizamuddin Aulia and Amir Khusrau (celebrated six months apart each year) brings many spaces of the area alive with performances of Qawwali or Sufi music.
Inside the shrine of Nizamuddin, Delhi Some devotees making their offerings and prayers at the Sufi shrine of Nizamuddin at Delhi. Some also appear at the grave of Amir Khusrau.
Public prayer (fateha) at the shrine of Nizamuddin The imam of the mosque at Nizamuddin dargah (shrine) says a fateha or prayer before the onset of the Urs celebrations of Amir Khusrau, followed by qawwali by the local qawwals
A historic site called Takht-e Buzurg at the shrine of Nizamuddin, Delhi A special Qawwali performance at Takht-e Buzorg (the ancient table), near the Sufi shrine of Nzamuddin, Delhi. Video by Yousuf Saeed.
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