Nizamuddin Neighborhood
Lovely ladies in the Muslim temple
We took a step outside our normal routine (go to work, the gym, shopping, home) to experience something cultural in Delhi. Something we should do much more often! Organized by a friend at school, we took a walking tour through Nizamuddin.
Nizamuddin is a Sufi Muslim neighborhood about 1 km from our house...Sufism is described as an inner, mystical dimension of Islam. Sufis believe they can become closer to God through turning away from everything except the love of God. They can achieve this closeness to God through praying, dancing, singing, and other forms of art.
Boys playing and jumping off of a wall around the Mausoleum
He was taking a photo of us on his phone while I took a photo of him!
This boy was shouting "photo, photo"! On the rooftop of the mausoleum.
Girl in red watching the boys' cricket game.
Cricket in the courtyard
Muslim men at the entryway.
Man selling flowers and offering blankets outside temple.
Inside the covered market before going into the temple.
Street scene from a window.
Street scene again - hundreds of sandals piled up on tables for sale.
Ghalib museum - he is known as the last great poet of India before British rule.
Offerings for sale
They loved that she was recording a movie on her iPad!
3 tombs - The tombs of women are flat to represent paper, and the tombs of men have raised part to represent pens. This symbolizes the man writing the life story of the woman.
The entrance to the maze of streets in Nizamuddin. It is low so everyone must bow when they enter.
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