in the South I found that most dargahs had a sandal ceremony. On enquiry I found that all dargahs have...

From the inscriptions on the bastion, it is deduced that the gun was cast in 1549 at Ahmadnagar from bell...

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

(D. 1142/1729) Hazrat Shah Kaleem-ullah Jahanabadi was grandson of Ustad Ahmed Lahori, the architect of Taj Mahal, and lived in...

Forts, havelis, temples, mosques, streets, food, culture, history... It’s all there in Shahjahanabad: The Living City of Old Delhi, the...

Historian RANA SAFVI talks to Teresa Rehman about her new book, “Shahjahanabad: the living city of old Delhi” and her love for the...

A view of an old haveli in the walled city of Old Delhi. Pic/ Getty Images...

Aihole in Karnataka is home to 22clusters of temples from 7-8 century. It's a pending world heritage site. Of the...

Anyone else reminded of a Karan phool (a traditional kundan earring)? Mehrab in Champaner Jama Masjid

#SufiThursdays A little outside the city of Bijapur is the dargah of Sheikh Hamid Qadri and his brother Sheikh LatifUlla...

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

The dargah of Syedna Murtaza Qadri in Bijapur Thanks to Abdul Aziz Rajput I had a truly spiritual visit to...

‪At the Dargah of Hazrat Shirazuddin Junaidi in Gulbarga ‬

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

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

‪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...

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

Unke andaz e karam bhi khaas huwa karte hain Dil badhana hai tau dil tod diya karte hain Kisi ain...

Daagh Dehlvi se mulaqat Fatiha padha In Hyderabad q

The fun of buying a pochampalli Dupatta straight of the loom in a pochampalli village

I walk the steep steps ( definitely 100 +) behind Priti who is also carrying a baby. She's been coming...

In Raza LIBRARY Rampur I was fortunate enough to see a copy of Ghalib's first Diwan published 1837 A copy...

The number of mother tongues spoken in India runs into the thousands, yet in the arena of mainstream literature, where...

This is the Garam khana of the Hammam in the Red Fort. Precious & Semi precious stone inlay used to...

‪This memorial in Chanderi fort dedicated to Baiju Bawra who sang in the court of the Raja of Chanderi‬