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Saaz-e-Khusro
A Photo Essay
Typically the mehfils of Sama' are held at night and often continued till next morning. In Hazrat Nizamuddin's monastery, qawwals used to recite Ghazals - often unaccompanied by any intruments, except sometimes the beats of a duff, or taali (clapping). The present day qawwali with the use of instruments may have evolved much later.
(Seen above is the team of Hayat Nizami Qawwal, performing at the Chilla (meditation place) of Nizamuddin Aulia at New Delhi. April 1996)