Nizamuddin Basti
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The most beautiful of all buildings in the congested Nizamuddin Basti, it is also the most ignored. Most visitors to this 14th-century village, named after a sufi saint, head straight to his shrine. A few are likely to notice poet Mirza Ghalib’s tomb that lies on the left of the principal street. Hidden behind this mausoleum is…
The most beautiful of all buildings in the congested Nizamuddin Basti, it is also the most ignored. Most visitors to this 14th-century village, named after a sufi saint, head straight to his shrine. A few are likely to notice poet Mirza Ghalib’s tomb that lies on the left of the principal street. Hidden behind this mausoleum is the marbled Chausath Khamba, the rare Jehnagir-era monument in Delhi, so well-preserved that it does not look old at all. It was actually renovated by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in the years 2011-2015.