Nizami’s Khamsa’s Five Poems, Tabriz, Iran, 1539–43 depicting the Prophet’s ascent into heaven (Image: British Library Online Gallery) The eve...

image: courtesy Pergamon museum - Princess Zebunnisa celebrating Shab e Barat "Verily, My Mercy prevails over My Wrath.”~ Hadith e...

Feeding of the crocodiles. 1720. Anon We visited Udaipur in the new year. Since it is the city of lakes...

Mir Abdul Jalil Wasiti Bilgrami wrote an eye witness account of Emperor Farrukhsiyar's wedding in 1715 with Indira Kunwar daughter...

The present temple of Govindadeva was built by Raja Man Singh with the Goswamis of Vrindavan, during the reign of...

The Gandhara and Mathura school of art developed under the Kushana rulers (1st to 3rd CE) while both started more...

There are many types of wrist adornments for women. These are bhujband, muthiya’n, pahunchiyan, kangan, moti-pak hubbab, chuhe datti, tipdiyan,...

Though Juliet had asked Romeo why he was Romeo ( Wherefore art thou Romeo? (I. ii.)) its been often mosquoted...

The shrine The inscription Dargah of Hazrat Shah Turkman Shamsul Arifeen Bayabani, famous as Shah Turkman When one comes to...

The Mughal school of paintings estd by Humayun reached its zenith under Jahangir. Akbar's taswir khana employed Persian and Hindustani...

If you study #MughalPainting carefully you will find three elements in it 1. Khatt or Calligraphy 2. Tasweer ( painting...

The staircase in Ali Qapu Palace, Isfahan. i was bedazzled by the Naqsh e Jahan Square which houses 4 of...

One of the earliest buildings erected in Naini Tal was the church of “St. John-in-the-wilderness” in 1846. The site was...

Today's post is about heirloom jewellery. This bracelet is called chuhe datti- or with mice like teeth- because of its...

Sultan Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah Khilji built this dargah in 1317 for Sheikh Shahabuddin, also known as Aashiq Allah. His dargah...

The board says battle between Nader Shah and Mohammad Shah Gurkani king of India! The battle of Karnal. On walls...

Our restlessness in your love has passed beyond bounds, Our hope is that you will pity our weeping (Sheikh Fazlullah...

This wall painting of a rasa mandala is from the walls of the Anirudha Mahal in Bundi. The palace set...

<img src="https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_4489-240x300.jpeg" alt="" width="240" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-38350" / this is the only place where Lord Rama is worshipped as...

This wall painting on Bundi's Phool Mahal in Garh palace puzzled me when I first saw it. Seemed at first...

It was time for fajr prayers on 19th Ramzan, 40 AH. As was his custom Hazrat Ali came to the...

Jal Krida: Ghoonghat ke pat khol toge piya mile ge. Ghoonghat: veils of ignorance Piya : divine A very popular...

The Ramayana and Mahabharat silver plated copper shield in Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur. Made in 19th c by Ganga Baksh...

The Char bagh is a quadrilateral garden divided into parts by water channels The first to be built on this...

Bibi ka Maqbara built for Rabia Durrani, wife of Aurangzeb Alamgir in Aurangabad is always compared to Taj Mahal and...

This stunning shalabhanjika 100 AD found in Govardhan, now in Mathura Museum

one of the finest representations of Mathura school of art at Mathura govt Museum. The Mathura school marks the shift...

last year, the painting of this battle made news as it was sold in a London auction house. I was...

Here rests in peace the Tiger of Mysore son of Hyder Ali Dakhini Duval ( riyasat) e Karnataka and Fatima....

We have been going to Qazi sahib ki mazar in Agra, since we were children. Our family had great faith...