Song Festival Held At Tomb Of Religious Saint In New Delhi

A Muslim devotee joins a group of religious singers during a qawwali performance session at Nizamuddin Dargah, a complex of tombs, mosques and stalls centered on the burial site of revered Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. On Thursday evenings, Nizamuddin’s tomb transforms into a venue for a concert of devotional qawwali music. The audience sits on a wide marble courtyard in front of the tomb while singers perform hauntingly beautiful songs backed by musicians playing the accordionlike harmonium and the tabla drums. <AP Photo/Altaf Qadri>

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