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

Taj Mahal’s exquisite floral inlay work was the result of meticulous medieval craftsmanship. Written by Rana Safvi | Updated: October...

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...

It's quite a glorious monument and one of the finest in Western India. The temple consists of two separate blocks...

‪Each column of this Sangeet Mandap in the Vittala temple at Hampi was a musical instrument and the entire saregmapa...

History is focussed on territorial warfare: Rana Safvi - There is also a need to tell stories of structures built...

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

#Women 2018: With the year 2018 coming to a close, here are the books by Indian women writers that created...

Moula Ali ka pahad. Every time I visit Hyderabad, I walk up the 500 steps leading to the shrine known...

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

Abul Hasan Qutb Shah was the eighth and last ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, who ruled the kingdom of...

The Royal necropolis of Golcunda Qutub Shahi tombs. Being Restored by Aga Khan Trust 30 tombs, baolis, mosques, mortuary baths...