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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8QyGsn6f0o&feature=share What was life like inside the #RedFort? @iamrana takes us on a tour through the nooks and corners of...

Trivia question Who was the first Muslim king to use a crown and why? Hint: Not Indian (Note:This picture of...

Nawab Wajid Ali Shah celebrates Basant on banks of the Gomti ( painting from the net. If someone knows the...

The site where her body lay for six months before being taken to Agra is in ruins Rabindranath Tagore called...

The Red sandstone walks and ceilof the imperial palace in Fatehpur Sikri were profusely decorated with paintings and verses. Most...

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...