Friday, October 2, 2015

Nizamuddin Baoli, New Delhi.


This baoli within the Nizamuddin Dargah Complex is very sacred to the followers of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin. This is about 800 years old and is one of the most prominent baoli in Delhi.
It is said that the Saint wanted a baoli for his followers in the present Nizamuddin Basti and it happened at the time when Delhi Sultan Ghiausdin Tughlaq was constructing his fort at Tughlaqabad. Desirious of speedy completion of his fort he forbade workers from working anywhere except his fort. Devotion to the Saint was so much that workers worked on this baoli in the night. When the Sultan forbade sale of oil to stop night work, a miracle happened through the principal follower of the Saint, namely Chirag-i-Dilli which saw water of the baoli turning as oil for the night work. 
Ever since the baoli is sacred to the followers of the Saint while Tughlaqabad fort was abandoned and is a virtual waste within a few years of its completion.

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