Sufi Basant: Spring’s Harbinger at Dargah Nizamuddin Auliya
The event has been celebrated for years in the memory of poet Amir Khusrau who dedicated songs of spring to his teacher Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya
Sufi Basant, an annual event at the dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, has been the harbinger of spring for several years. With marigold flowers, yellow attires, and reverberations of Sufi Kalam, the event commenced in Delhi on February 16.
With the arrival of spring, the event falls on the third day of Jumada-al-awwal, the fifth-month of the Islamic calendar.
Sufi Basant is an event that has been celebrated for years in the memory of poet Amir Khusrau who dedicated songs of spring to his teacher Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya.
As historians report, the Sufi saint was in mourning state at that time due to the demise of his beloved nephew and Khusrau tried to cherish him with his songs.
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Amir Khusrau saw women dressed in yellow and adopted their style. The poet sang for Nizamuddin Auliya and since then, it became an annual event.
A number of attendees and followers of Sufism along with several Sikhs and Hindus draped in yellow-colored dresses bring marigold flowers and gather at the Dargah to mark the celebrations.
The attendees shower yellow color flowers on the grave of the Sufi saint and enjoy the performances by the qawwals inside the shrine.
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Nizami Brothers Ghulam Sabir and Ghulam Waris have been keeping the tradition of qawwali at the shrine for ages.
People in the town believe that it is a substantial way to promote peace and harmony in the region and followers of different religions visit the shrine every year.
