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The heritage of Hisar district is incredibly rich, going back to the Harappan. It has some unexpected little gems too, ...

(An ordinance on triple talaq has received Cabinet approval. In light of this, The Quint is republishing this article from ...

Qutub Minar was not named after Qutbuddin Aibak It was originally called Mazina ( muezzin ' s tower ). First ...

This is the Jagat Shiromani temple in Amer and was built by Raja Man Singh's wife for her eldest son ...

The book is proof that stories of Shahjahanabad never grow old. — Read on www.indiatoday.in/amp/magazine/leisure/story/20200203-holding-fort-h-history-1639422-2020-01-24

Evening in Amber's Jama Masjid by the Kachwaha ruler for his son in law Akbar #Mughalhistory #mughals #mughalarchitecture #medievalhistory #Rajasthan ...

A dargah has sprung up in the past two decades in the octagonal step well of the Northern Waterworks in ...

‪This ling's height is at 21 feet which according to the Mahant saheb is because the original devotees ( Kunti) ...

It's amazing how names evolve. The 113 BCE Heliodorus pillar built near a Vishnu temple becomes Khamb Baba. And it's ...

‪#myheritagetrails took me to Udaigiri caves last year with some of the earliest rock cut temples in India.‬ ‪This Varaha ...

The ekmukhi shivling with beautiful hair and earrings at Udaigiri caves #Udaigiri #Ekmukhi #Shivling

One explanation given to me for the name of this beautiful Mosque - Kevda Mosque built in reign of Mahmud ...

The third book in the ‘Where Stones Speak’ trilogy is unique in that it speaks of a living city, for ...

‪Shah e Alam was the son of Hazrath Syed Burhanuddin Qutub-ul-Alam and the great grandson of the celebrated Hazrath Syed ...

The sleeping Vishnu on the wall of the well in Rani ki vav. One can't access that area now so ...

In 2018 on 4th January at the urs of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya I met Sahil Maharaj. He has been coming ...

Shah Jahan made such profuse use of engrailed arches that they are called Shahjahani arches now But they predate him. ...

‪Most people only know of one tree of life jaali in the Sidi Saiyed mosque in Ahmedabad.‬ ‪There are two ...

The beautiful IbrahimRauza also called the TajMahal of the Deccan in Bijapur

Jod Gumbad’s twin domed tombs were built in memory of Khan Muhammad and Abdul Razzaq Qadiri. The two were considered ...

It is best known for its textiles, but Chanderi is also a town of historical importance It is town mentioned ...

‪Kolam designs on the walls of the Bada Madarsa in Chanderi which houses Graves of perhaps the chief teachers‬ ‪Read ...

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 ...