Dargah of Bakhtiyar Kaki in Mehrauli - a place of faith, in Delhi

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The Dargah of Bakhtiyar Kaki is the oldest dargah in Delhi. It lies in a rectangular enclosure, beautifully embellished and surmounted by a dome. The western wall of the dargah is decorated with colored floral tiles added by Aurangzeb. The northern gate of the dargah was built in 1542 by Shaikh Khalil, a descendant of Saint Fariduddin Ganj-e-Shakar and the successor of Qutb Sahib. Close to the dargah’s Ajmeri Gate, to its left, is the Moti Masjid built-in 1709 by Aurangzeb’s son, Bahadur Shah I. As per the beliefs, the wishes of the pilgrims come true if that person truly believes in the saint and ties a thread near the grave of Qutub Sahib. Moreover, once the wish gets fulfilled, the person has to return to unties the thread. Since thread tieing is a ritual in Dargah Qutub Sahib, hence, y