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Devotees praying inside the Buddhist Monastery at Majnu Ka Tila in Delhi. Majnu-ka-tilla , is a Tibetan colony in Delhi, India that was established around 1960. Majnu-ka-tilla is official called New Aruna Nagar Colony, Chungtown, and Samyeling. It is part of North Delhi district and is located between the Yamuna River and Delhi's Outer Ring Road (NH-1) near ISBT Kashmiri Gate. The historic name of area, literally means the hillock of Majnu, after the tilla or mound where during the reign of Sikandar Lodhi (r. 1489--1517) on Delhi Sultanate, a local Iranian Sufi mystic, Abdulla nicknamed Majnu (crazy), met Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak on July 20, 1505. Majnu ferried people across the Yamuna river for free as a service to God, his devotion resulted in the Nanak staying here till end July. In later
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