IN PICS | Delhi's Harzat Nizamuddin Dargah Celebrates Basant Panchami; Yellow Becomes Colour Of Harmony

Devotees celebrate Basant Panchami festival at Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Dargah in New Delhi. The 12th century old Sufi shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin is know for exotic activities on the occasion of Basant Panchami every year. (Image: PTI)

Basant Panchami is being celebrated as an annual festival at Hazrat Nizamuddin and is considered to be a special day for over 700 year. However, this year the event was kept low profile and ended hours earlier keeping in mind the Covid-19 protocols. (Image: PTI)

Even year on Basant Panchami, the Dargah is awashed in musturd yellow with participants donning yellow outfits and also place a yellow chadar on the grave of sufi saint. (Image: PTI)

Despite Basant Panchami being a Hindu festival, the Dargah organises this event to send out the message of unity. Visitors visit the Dargah dressed in yellow colour and also offer mustard flowers at Nizamuddin Auliya's grave. (Image: PTI)

Every year, the function starts after asr or afternoon prayers. Qawwali singers gather in a lane in the nearby Nizamuddin Basti, a place that dates back to the medieval period. (Image: PTI)