{"id":1067,"date":"2014-01-19T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2014-01-31T14:51:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T14:51:04","slug":"the-trail-of-nizam-piya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/?p=1067","title":{"rendered":"The Trail of Nizam Piya \/ Sat 25 Jan 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/calendar\/2014\/nizampiya25jan.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/calendar\/2014\/nizampiya25jan.jpg\" width=\"406\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Trail of Nizam Piya<\/strong><br \/>\nStories of sufis, emperors &amp; poets in one of Delhi\u2019s oldest village<br \/>\nSaturday 25 January 2014<br \/>\n11 am &#8211; 3 pm<\/p>\n<p>****<\/p>\n<p>Meeting Point: Police Station, Nizamuddin (W), next to Subj Burj roundabout, 11 am<\/p>\n<p>Ending Point: Nizamuddin (E), 3 pm<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Mode of Commuting: Walking<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Registration Details: Contribute Rs. 1500\/- per person<\/p>\n<p>Pay here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/573872989365829\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/573872989365829\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please pre-register.<br \/>\nContact Himanshu Verma \/ 41671100<br \/>\nhimanshu@redearthindia.com<\/p>\n<p>****<\/p>\n<p>The village named after Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya (1236-1325) one of the most popular Sufi saints of North India, is a treasure house of stories and histories.<\/p>\n<p>At the epicenter is the Dargah of Nizamuddin, set in the bustling village with a medieval ambience, narrow alleys, and bazaars. Because of its association with the saint, the area became a popular site for burials \u2013 for emperors, saints, nobility, royalty, warriors and poets alike. Hence, Nizamuddin offers a bouquet of built heritage down the centuries, besides of course the chance to meet with the beloved Nizam Piya.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Places Visited<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Dargah complex and nearby monuments<br \/>\nChilla Nizamuddin<br \/>\nHumayun\u2019s Tomb, mausoleum of the 2nd mughal, a world heritage site; 16th century<br \/>\nTomb of the poet Rahim Khan-e-Khanan, 17th c.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(Images &#8211; Click to enlarge)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz1.jpg\" width=\"279\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nizamuddin Dargah \/ Photo: Karan Thapa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz2.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nizamuddin Dargah \/ Photo: Bedatri Datta Choudhury<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz3.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nizamuddin Dargah \/ Photo: Chandan Ahuja<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz4.jpg\" width=\"284\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Subz Burj \/ Photo: Varun Shiv Kapur<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz6.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chilla Nizamuddin \/ Photo: Varun Shiv Kapur<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz7.jpg\" width=\"457\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Humayun&#8217;s Tomb \/ Photo: Kabilan Sathyamurthy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz8.jpg\" width=\"279\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Humayun&#8217;s Tomb \/ Photo: Deepanjali<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz9.jpg\" width=\"429\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Humayun&#8217;s Tomb \/ Photo: Soham Banerjee<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/nizampiya\/niz10.jpg\" width=\"437\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rahim&#8217;s Tomb \/ Photo: Russ Bowling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trail of Nizam Piya Stories of sufis, emperors &amp; poets in one of Delhi\u2019s oldest village Saturday 25 January 2014 11 am &#8211; 3 pm **** Meeting Point: Police Station, Nizamuddin (W), next to Subj Burj roundabout, 11 am Ending Point: Nizamuddin (E), 3 pm Mode of Commuting: Walking Registration Details: Contribute Rs. 1500\/- per person Pay here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/573872989365829\/ Please pre-register. Contact Himanshu Verma \/ 41671100 himanshu@redearthindia.com **** The village named after Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya (1236-1325) one of the most popular Sufi saints of North India, is a treasure house of stories and histories. At the epicenter is the Dargah of Nizamuddin, set in the bustling village with a medieval ambience, narrow alleys, and bazaars. Because of its association with the saint, the area became a popular site for burials \u2013 for emperors, saints, nobility, royalty, warriors and poets alike. Hence, Nizamuddin offers a bouquet of built heritage down the centuries, besides of course the chance to meet with the beloved Nizam Piya. &nbsp; Places Visited The Dargah complex and nearby monuments Chilla Nizamuddin Humayun\u2019s Tomb, mausoleum of the 2nd mughal, a world heritage site; 16th century Tomb of the poet Rahim Khan-e-Khanan, 17th c. &nbsp; (Images &#8211; Click to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,26,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture","category-history","category-walks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1067"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1723,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions\/1723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}