#travelwithme to Bhangarh The Bhangarh fort was built by the Kachwaha ruler of Amber, Raja Bhagwant Singh, for his younger ...

#DastarkhwaneRamzan The circle symbolises perfection, simplicity, and completeness and thus is the only shape that can symbolise Allah's magnificence and ...

#DastarkhwaneRamzan To the west of the hauz in the Jama Masjid, Delhi is a small stone enclosure built because of ...

As we observe the Martyrdom Day of Hazrat Ali a few words on him: As the Prophet’s cousin, son-in-law, and ...

Ram Rai (1646–1687), the elder son of Guru Har Rai, was born on 11 March 1646 in Kiratpur. Well-versed in ...

#DastarkhwaneRamzan To understand the essence of Islam it is important to understand the Hadith of Jibraeel, also known as Umm-e ...

#AlvidaJummah Mubarak Jummah, or the Friday congregational prayer, is a cornerstone of Islamic worship with profound spiritual and communal significance. ...

It was on an odd night in the last ten days of the month of Ramzan in 610 CE, when ...

The Quran uses stories to give examples and lessons. Surah Yusuf, describing the story of Yusuf and his father Yaqub ...

Itr or attar always reminds me of summers when Amma would dab khus itr on the inside of her wrists, ...

Mughal women were no damsels in distress — a tale from the palace kitchens/The Mughalani and the dacoits One of ...

Aurangzeb’s portraits may depict an austere man reading the Quran, but there once lurked in him a passionate young man ...

Visited the Dargah of Hazrat Inayat Khan yesterday. Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927 CE) was a Sufi preacher of the Chisti ...

These images are from the post of @sairehind & belong to the now demolished Akhondji masjid complex It reads Dargah ...

Such a beautiful present brought from Bukhara by Subuhi Safvi This famous verse by al- Mutababbi Born: 915 CE in ...

one of the oft overlooked gem of the Jama Masjid, Delhi is the makabbar. This is the station for the ...

The horse has been a popular symbol in Hussain's art. He saw a Duldul ( zuljana in Persian/ Urdu) as ...

"Sufism considers itself to be the very essence of Islam, its spiritual heart, and not something extraneous to that tradition. ...

In the ongoing exhibition at DAG on M. F Husain are a series on religion. I found a certain mystical ...

a the ongoing exhibition at @dag.museums ( on till 14th ) on M.F.Husain's paintings is a series on religion. I ...

The Allahabad Fort is now an army Ordinance Depot so photography is not allowed, so you have to rely on ...

The Dargah of Syed Meeran Shah on the hill of Taragarh , Ajmer, above the dargah of Khwaja Garib Nawaz ...

Historically, Kaushambi served as the capital of the Vatsa #Mahajanapada and was significant during the time of Gautama Buddha, who ...

This remarkable painting from c 1750 shows Miyan Mir and Mullah Shah with two mystics. The most famous Sufi saints ...

One of my favourite paintings in the National Museum, Delhi is a portrait of Jahangir holding an image of the ...

I had followed the story and controversy around the Benin bronzes but never had the opportunity to see them. So ...

The Canadian Banff National Park is one of the most beautiful & scenic places in have visited. Ideal for a ...

Born with a silver spoon is an axiom all of us are aware of, but after visiting the DIA exhibition ...

At National Museum of Asian Art, Washington this caught my eye. Museum caption reads: With a prominent snout and almond-shaped ...