The Delhi Walla

Photo Essay – Women Are Not Allowed Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

They say it’s the tradition.

[Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi]

Women are not allowed inside Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, Delhi’s principal sufi shrine. While they could pray in the courtyard, the women are denied entry into the tomb-chamber of Hazrat Nizamuddin, the 14th century sufi saint. Some of the Dargah khadims The Delhi Walla talked to ascribe the practice to traditions.

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah

No Women Inside Nizamuddin Dargah


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