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Mantra
Tradition-specific invocations
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Islamic / Sufi / Chishti - Location: Hazrat Nizamuddin, Central Delhi, Delhi (28.5911°N, 77.2431°E) The Basti (neighborhood) around the Nizāmuddīn dargah preserves a unique syncretic Sufi-Islamic culture: qawwāli every Thursday evening (continuous for 700+ years), a living khānqāh (Sufi hostel) tradition, and deeply integrated Indo-Islamic food culture. The poet-saint Amīr Khusrau (1253–1325) — father of Urdu, inventor of the sitar, the tabla, and the khayāl — is buried at the foot of his ma
