Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin,
Delhi
Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah is the mausoleum of Delhi's most famous Sufi saint
Nizamuddin

Auliya.
It is visited daily by thousands of people of all religions. The tomb of
Hazrat Amir Khusro is also located within the Nizamuddin Dargah Complex.
Hazrat Nizamuddin Born at Badaun in the state
of Uttar Pradesh in 1236, Sheikh Hazrat Nizamuddin was the disciple of the Saint
Sheikh Farid Shakarganj, who appointed him as his successor. Said to be a direct
descendant of Sheikh Nizamuddin Chisti, he had a large following which included
Alauddin Khilji, Mohammed bin Tughlaq and the great poet Amir Khusrau. The royal
processions of the Mughal Emperors Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan
always halted at Nizamuddin's shrine, Hazrat Nizamuddin died in 1325 and his shrine
today is a popular pilgrimage site.
Dargah Hazrat Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki - Mehroli
Shareef, Delhi
Dargah of Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki,
popularly known as Qutb Sahib. Surnamed as Kaki, Qutb Sahib is held in high esteem
and has been highly regarded for centuries, as he was the disciple and spiritual
successor of Khawaja Mu'inu'd Din Chishti of Ajmer. Born at Ush in Persia, he
came to India in the late 12th century and lived here during the reign of Emperor
Iltutmish (1211-1236), the founder of the Slave dynasty. The Dargah is considered
to be a very sacred place by pilgrims of different religions.
Hazrat
Qutb Sahib died in 1236 and his grave is the main shrine of Dargah Hazrat
Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud. Entitled Raushan Chiragh-i-Dihli
Dargah Hazrat
Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud. Entitled Raushan Chiragh-i-Dihli, which means the 'Illuminated
lamp of Delhi', the saint died in the year 1356. He was a disciple of Hazrat Nizamuddin,
whom he succeeded as the head of the Chisti sect.
Dargah
Hazrat Shaikh Salim Chisti, Fatehpur Sikri
Hazrat Shaikh Salim Chisti (1418-1572)
was one of the famous Sufi saints of the Chishti order in India, Salim Chisti
was greatly revered saint, Salim Chisti blessed Mugal Emperor Akbar, and a son
was born to him. He named the child Salim in the memory of Salim Chisti.
Dargah Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti, Ajmer
Khawaja Moinuddin
Chishti, also known as Gharib Nawaz, is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti
Order of South Asia. H was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE, He was a direct descendent
of the Prophet Muhammad.
He was one of the most outstanding figures in
the annals of Islamic mysticism and founder of the Chistiyya order in India, hundreds
of thousands of people, Muslims, Hindus and others, from the Indian sub-continent
assemble to his tomb on the occasion of his urs (death anniversary).
Dargah Hazrat Alauddin Ali Ahmed (Sabir Sahab),
Kaliyar Shareef
Hazrat Alauddin Ali Ahmed (Sabir) was born on 19th Rabiul-Awal 592 Hijri/1197
Cent. For his whole life Sabir Saheb lived and worshiped at Kaliyar Shareef, The
Dargah of Sabir Saheb is a symbol of National Integration, attracting the pilgrimage
not only from India but all part of the world regardless of their cast, colour
& creed to pay their reverence and seek the grant of the wishes and blessings
for the welfare of their families.
Dargah Syyed Salar Masood Gazhi, Bahraich
Dargah of Syyed Salar Masood Gazhi is situated at 3 Km North
of Bahraich city in state of Uttar Pradesh. Firoz Shah Tuglak built it. Hazrat
Salar Masood Ghazi was Great Saint It is believed that people taking bath in the
water of this Majar Shareef become free of all skin diseases. Every year during
summer a fair is organized here in which lakhs of people participate
Rauza Sharif, Sirhind - Punjab
The magnificent and spacious Rauza is a
mausoleum, which commemorates the burial place of Mujadid-alf-Saani Sheikh Ahmed
Farooqi, Kabuli Sirhindi who lived during the reigns of Akbar and Jahangir from
1563 to 1634. The old mosque in the vicinity is extant, so are several cenotaphs.
The tomb of the Shah Zaman, one of the Kings of Afghanistan indicates that the
Rauza was once considered a propitious burial place of high and mighty. Some Muslim
sects place it, next only to the Mecca in reverence.
Dargah Hazrat Haji Ali, Mumbai
The white mosque is the tomb of Saint Hazrat Haji
Ali. Hazrat Haji Ali was a wealthy Muslim who renounced the world and proceeded
to Mecca. It is said that he died in Mecca and the casket miraculously drifted
and came to the spot where the mosque is built toady. The mosque can only be approached
during low tide.
Dargah
Hazrat Inayat Khan - Delhi
The
Indian musician and Sufi master Hazrat Inayat Khan's journey India to United States
in 1910, and on to Europe in 1912, marked the beginning of the first wave of Sufism
in the West and the creation of what has been seen variously as a new religious
movement Western Sufism, and as a worldwide Chishtiyya Sufi Order founded by Inayat
Khan is now one of the oldest and most prominent Sufi orders in the West. It is
a transnational spiritual movement with well-developed formal organizations and
groups on virtually every continent. Inayat Khan was part of the late nineteenth
and early twentieth century wave of the Indian diaspora.
By the time
of Inayat Khan's death in 1926 in Delhi on a return visit to India, there were
several thousand mureeds in Europe and America.
In 1926, Hazrat Inayat
Khan returned to India, the country of his birth. After a brief illness, he passed
away in Delhi on February 5th, 1927. According to his wishes, his body was laid
to rest on a small piece of property not far from the grave of the Sufi saint
Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia. The Dargah [tomb] of Hazrat Inayat is now a place of
peace, prayer and meditation in the midst of the crowded city to which pilgrims
come from around the world.