Not as grand as Chattar Manzil but not too bad either!Sultan Khana in Calcutta where Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is ...

First a bit about courtesans/ tawaif. The word tawaif comes from "taifa", which means Nocturnal rounds or patrols'; a people, ...

SufiThursdays The dargah of Sheikh Jalal Bukhari is a very popular dargah near the western wall of the Taj Mahal,atop ...

Surah An-Nur—the verse of Light (24:35): "God is the Light of the heavens and the earth; the likeness of His ...

Surah An-Nur—the verse of Light (24:35): "God is the Light of the heavens and the earth; the likeness of His ...

In 2015 I first visited the Dargah of Sheikh Najibuddin Mutawakkil, brother of Baba Farid in Adhcini (Delhi). Mehboob e ...

While Sher Shah Suri's tomb is well documented the tomb of his father Hassan Khan Sur in Sasaram lies neglected ...

One of my favourite wedding ceremonies is called the Arsi-mushaf.It is very common in Awadh and families of Awadh origin ...

This is an Imam zamin a tradition where coins are wrapped in a cloth and tied around the right upperarm ...

I decided to check into Sarai Nur Mahal and experience 17th century hospitality.As this sarai was on the caravan route ...

There was a time when rulers went out of their way to promote secularism. One such enlightened ruler was the ...

When one loses the way one finds another!Trying to navigate ourselves out of the city of Nakodar into which we ...

Driving from Sarai Nur mahal to Kapurthala we lost our way in Nakodar and that was a lucky as I ...

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List of books on Mughals Fathpur Sikri by S Ali Nadeem RezaviThe Reign of Muhammad Shah 11719-48) by Z U ...

Now you see it, now you don't!Walking down towards dargah of Sheikh Ahmad Bukhari I saw glimpses of a grand ...

Now you see it, now you don't!Walking down towards dargah of Sheikh Ahmad Bukhari I saw glimpses of a grand ...

Now you see it, now you don't!Walking down towards dargah of Sheikh Ahmad Bukhari I saw glimpses of a grand ...

Most people who go to visit the Taj Mahal in Agra are probably unaware that other wives of Emperor Shah ...

SufiThursdays The story goes that the jinns were not letting the Taj Mahal be built, so Shah Jahan called Sheikh ...

https://youtu.be/bC-0C7KMPUo The fort of Kalinga in the south-western corner of district Banda in UP is on the border of Madhya ...

Deep in the forests of the Vindhya mountains of Chitrakoot is the Amravati Ashram The Amravati Ashram is one of ...

سبک بر داشت آن کوه گران راچو ماه نو بر انگشت آسمان را Lightly he lifted that heavy mountain /Like ...

This is one of the most famous representations of #yusufzulaikha by Kamaluddin Behzad the legendary Persian painter. It is in ...

One of the most famous Sufis of the ninth century was a woman named Fatima (d.838) who lived in Nishapur. ...

The fun part of Kalinjar Fort are the ones away from the beaten track. We walked quite a long way ...

Central India has a long history of Saivite worship.As seen in earlier posts, Kalinjar Fort as some stunning sculptural depictions ...

One of the highlights of the Neelkanth Temple in Kalinjar Fort is a 24 feet rock cut sculpture of Lord ...

SufiThursdays I came across this dargah in Gulbarga.It's called Jhat Pat Bibi ki dargah and women come here in great ...

Magar jab shukr-e-ne’mat mein jabin jhukti hai bande keWoh sachi bandagi hai ik sharifana ita’at haiJosh Malihabadi you have probably ...