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Beautiful but ignored
Most visitors to the 14th century village, Nizamuddin Basti, named after a sufi saint, head straight to the saint’s shrine. A few are likely to notice Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib’s tomb that lies on the left of the principal street. Hidden behind this mausoleum is the marbled Chausanth Khamba, writes Mayank Austen Soofi. Read more...Dabs & Jabs
Updated on: Jul 16, 2010, 02:48:43 IST
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Most visitors to the 14th century village, Nizamuddin Basti, named after a sufi saint, head straight to the saint’s shrine. A few are likely to notice Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib’s tomb that lies on the left of the principal street. Hidden behind this mausoleum is the marbled Chausanth Khamba, writes
Mayank Austen Soofi
.
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