{"id":947,"date":"2012-01-22T16:52:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T16:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/?p=947"},"modified":"2012-01-24T05:37:15","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T05:37:15","slug":"sufi-basant-walk-to-nizamuddin-dargah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/?p=947","title":{"rendered":"Sufi Basant Walk to Nizamuddin Dargah"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Special Festival Walk\u2013 Friday 27 January 2012 (date TBC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sufi Basant Walk to Nizamuddin Dargah<\/strong><\/p>\n

Celebrate the arrival of spring with Khwaja ji<\/em><\/p>\n

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Friday 27 January 2012; 1 pm \u2013 5 pm <\/strong><\/p>\n

Meeting Point: <\/strong>Lodhi Gardens, Gate next to Lodhi restaurant, (Opp. Mausam Bhawan \/ Lodhi Rd.), 1 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ending Point: <\/strong>Nizamuddin Basti, 5 pm\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mode of Commuting:<\/strong> Walk<\/p>\n

Registration Details: <\/strong>Open to all on a complimentary pre-registration basis. See dress code information below & other notes. Please pre-register. Contact Himanshu Verma \/ 41671100 \/ <\/em>himanshu@redearthindia.com<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Basant, the Indian spring is a syncretic celebration. Follow us on a Sufi Basant Walk to the Dargah of one of the most popular Sufi saints of India, Khwaja Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. Where, every year, as the spring knocks on our doors, mustard flowers are offered and Amir Khusrau\u2019s verses are sung, in honour of Khwaja ji, and the beautiful Indian spring\u2026<\/p>\n

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Come! Let\u2019s dance with genda tokris on our heads, and take them to Khwaja ji like his beloved Amir Khusrau! Basant Genda Phool!<\/p>\n

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Itinerary<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 pm \u2013 2.30 pm: Basanti Pot luck Lunch at Lodhi Gardens. Bring something yellow. Learn more about Sufi Basant, and rejoice in Amir Khusrau\u2019s spring poetry.<\/p>\n

2.30 pm \u2013 3 pm: Walk to Nizamuddin Dargah<\/p>\n

3 pm \u2013 5 pm: Sufi Basant celebrations at Nizamuddin Dargah with Basanti Qawwali & more\u2026<\/p>\n

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Notes<\/strong>
\nDress Code: It is 100% mandatory to wear all yellow. It is a tradition to wear new yellow cotton clothes, please make an effort to blend in with the season. In case of emergency, white is the best alternative. No Black or dark colours please!<\/p>\n

Bring yellow food, yellow flowers and yellow gifts for fellow participants.<\/p>\n

Images (Click to enlarge)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Participants gather at Lodhi Gardens \/ Photo: Karan Thapa<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Yellow reigns everywhere \/ Photo: Karan Thapa<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Walking to the Dargah \/ Photo: Karan Thapa<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Alleys leading to the Dargah \/ Photo: Natasha Ginwala<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>At the Bada Darbar \/ Photo: Bedatri Datta Choudhury<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Basanti Qawwali \/ Photo: Karan Thapa<\/p>\n

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Basanti Qawwali \/ Photo: Karan Thapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Special Festival Walk\u2013 Friday 27 January 2012 (date TBC) Sufi Basant Walk to Nizamuddin Dargah Celebrate the arrival of spring with Khwaja ji \u00a0 Friday 27 January 2012; 1 pm \u2013 5 pm Meeting Point: Lodhi Gardens, Gate next to Lodhi restaurant, (Opp. Mausam Bhawan \/ Lodhi Rd.), 1 pm Ending Point: Nizamuddin Basti, 5 pm\u00a0 Mode of Commuting: Walk Registration Details: Open to all on a complimentary pre-registration basis. See dress code information below & other notes. Please pre-register. Contact Himanshu Verma \/ 41671100 \/ himanshu@redearthindia.com   Basant, the Indian spring is a syncretic celebration. Follow us on a Sufi Basant Walk to the Dargah of one of the most popular Sufi saints of India, Khwaja Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. Where, every year, as the spring knocks on our doors, mustard flowers are offered and Amir Khusrau\u2019s verses are sung, in honour of Khwaja ji, and the beautiful Indian spring\u2026   Come! Let\u2019s dance with genda tokris on our heads, and take them to Khwaja ji like his beloved Amir Khusrau! Basant Genda Phool!   Itinerary 1 pm \u2013 2.30 pm: Basanti Pot luck Lunch at Lodhi Gardens. Bring something yellow. Learn more about Sufi Basant, and rejoice in Amir […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-walks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947","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=947"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":949,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions\/949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}