Till my last visit I didn't realize there was a dargah in the baoli near Hathi pol. This time when...

These are administrative offices in Fatehpur Sikri near the Diwan e Khas Called the astrologers seat it is probably the...

Tansen's Baradari in Fatehpur Sikri. This area above the chahar suq gateway was for the residences of the nobles.

Jharokha Darshan an old Indian custom was adopted by Akbar and carried on by all subsequent Mughal emperors. The emperor...

The stones for medieval monuments were cut by guilds. Each guild had its own mark. If you look carefully at...

It's amazing how names evolve. The 113 BCE Heliodorus pillar built near a Vishnu temple becomes Khamb Baba. And it's...

#myheritagetrails takes me to Udaigiri caves with some of the earliest rock cut temples in India. This Varaha is world...

The ekmukhi shivling with beautiful hair and earrings at Udaigiri caves #Udaigiri #Ekmukhi #Shivling

On Lohri, last year the Gurudwara Bangla saheb seemed the right place to visit Gurudwara Bangla saheb. So called bec...

Shah-e-Alam's Tomb and Mosque, also known as Rasulabad Dargah or Shah Alam no Rojo, is a medieval mosque and tomb...

Maharaja Gangadhar Rao was the ruler of Jhansi. His wife Laxmibai built this chatri after his death in 1853

Altaf Hussain Hali (1837–30 September 1914) was a well known Urdu poet and writer. His famous works are Yaadgar e...

Of lats there's been a lot of buzz about kali gajar ka halwa. It's a fish I have eaten since...

Rana Safvi 06 JANUARY 2019 A journey through the ruins of Phuti Masjid, built by Sarfaraz Khan, in Murshidabad https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/a-testimony-to-broken-dreams/article25921048.ece/amp/...

Today at the Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya I met Sahil Maharaj. He has been coming for 56 years and...

Guides like to tell you this is #Birbal's house in #FatehpurSikri but Prof Ali Nadeem Rezavi whose book on the...

Someone said about the perils of translation – and love– that when it is faithful it is not fun. I...

Begum Smru was given this land in Chandni Chowk for saving Emperor Shah Alam 's life. She built a lovely...

Jesus is one of the most mentioned Prophet in the Quran : in 25 verses as Isa and 6 times...

Trilok Singhji has been doing kar sewa ( polishung shoes of the worshippers) at Qutub Sahabs dargah for many years...

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...