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Radio 3,10 mins

Series Songs of the Sufi Mystics

The Nizamuddin shrine in Delhi

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Jameela Siddiqi is treading the path of pilgrims to the grave of the great Sufi master Nizamuddin at his shrine in Delhi, regarded as the cradle of classical Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis. She attends a special performance by the Nizami Qawwal for the anniversary of this great master鈥檚 death. She attends a special performance by the Nizami Qawwal, the shrines resident musicians, and discovers qawwalis both public and secret. She talks to pilgrims and describes the mystical experience of visiting the shrine.

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