Chilkur Balaji Temple Chief Priest C S Rangarajan on Sunday visited the Dargah that turns yellow for Sufi Basant festival

The grand old tradition of celebrating Basant by Sufi saints came alive at the historic dargah of Hazrat Shaikh Ji Hali in Old City.

The entire premises of the dargah, popularly known as Urdu Shariff, was yellow with the devout wearing yellow clothes in tune with the tradition started at Hazrat Nizamuddin dargah in new Delhi about eight centuries ago. Yellow flowers will be offered to the saint resting at the shrine.