A baby was born in Sijistan (modern-day Sistan) in Iran around 536 AH or 1141/42 AD. His parents named him...

A baby was born in Sijistan (modern-day Sistan) in Iran around 536 AH or 1141/42 AD. His parents named him...

A baby was born in Sijistan (modern-day Sistan) in Iran around 536 AH or 1141/42 AD. His parents named him...

I have visited many dargahs but Qutb e Alam 's dargah in Ahmedabad has to be the prettiest and most...

Malik e maidan tope in Bijapur From the inscriptions on the bastion, it is deduced that the gun was cast...

The jhoolta minor or shaking minarets was one of the first monuments I had read about in Ahmedabad. However, due...

700 Salvi families, who were expert in weaving double ikat, came from Maharashtra to Patan Gujarat in reign of Raja...

The first panel discussion at Ahemdabad’s first ever Women Writers’ Fest focused on unsung heroines of Indian history. — Read...

It was amawas and the dargahs of Bijapur were full of supplicants from all over Maharashtra and Karnataka. I was...

A visit to Gujarat is incomplete without visiting the gorgeous Rani ka vaw or Queen's step well. It had been...

It's quite a glorious monument and one of the finest in Western India. The temple consists of two separate blocks...

‪Each column of this Sangeet Mandap in the Vittala temple at Hampi was a musical instrument and the entire saregmapa...

History is focussed on territorial warfare: Rana Safvi - There is also a need to tell stories of structures built...

My 84 year old guide Prof Ghanshyam Jishi in Champaner told me that if I stood under this kalpavraksha in...

#Women 2018: With the year 2018 coming to a close, here are the books by Indian women writers that created...

Moula Ali ka pahad. Every time I visit Hyderabad, I walk up the 500 steps leading to the shrine known...

‪tum se pahle vo jo ik shaKHs yahan taKHt-nashi'n thaa‬ ‪us ko bhii apne KHuda hone pe itnaa hii yaqeen...

Abul Hasan Qutb Shah was the eighth and last ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, who ruled the kingdom of...

The Royal necropolis of Golcunda Qutub Shahi tombs. Being Restored by Aga Khan Trust 30 tombs, baolis, mosques, mortuary baths...

The Royal necropolis of Golcunda Qutub Shahi tombs. Being Restored by Aga Khan Trust 30 tombs, baolis, mosques, mortuary baths...

The Qutuub Shahi tombs in Golkunda even had a separate mortuary bath for ceremonial bathing of the royal corpse. A...

‪In bijapur you literally bump into monuments.‬ ‪ Some well kept some totally neglected.‬ ‪This is a Jal Mahal in...

the dargah on left is Khwaja Nasrallah Wali son of Baba Farid in bijapur When Hazrat Gesu daraz came to...

Karimuddin mosque in Bijapur is one of the earliest mosques of the city dated 1320. Its currently under renovation and...

Barah Kaman or arches is the tomb of Ali Adil Shah II in Bijapur It was unfinished but us still...

The sense of peace and belonging I felt in the dargah of Syedna Roomi Chisti in Bijapur was unbelievable. The...

Ladakh’s no-wastage food culture is a reflection of the stark landscape and its diverse population — Read on www.livemint.com/Leisure/IbGgMPgPuY4QzABPPuEOmO/Yak-cheese-and-onepot-meals.html

OPINION Rana Safvi DECEMBER 09, 2018 00:00 IST A visit to one of the earliest surviving brick temples of India...

On the third Diya, Badshah is weighed in Gold and Silver …. The Qila is illuminated on all sides. Puffed...

‪On June 17, 1858, during the fighting a #Kotah-ki-Serai, five miles south east of #Gwalior, Rani #Laxmibai dressed in male...