Category: Artwork
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Tomb of Muhammad Ghaus and Tansen’s Memorial @ Gwalior, India
Recently visited this sandstone mausoleum of a sufi saint Shaikh Muhammad Ghaus designed on early Mughal architecture. A pleasant revealation that happened during our visit was that right next to this tomb lies the memorial dedicated to Miyaan Tansen – one of the most prominent Hindustani Classical musicians and a God figure for several musicians from…
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Siddhachal Jain Temple Caves – Monoliths and Carvings at Gwalior
On the way up to the Gwalior fort the road climbs through a wooded gorge called the Urwahi valley. Facing it, and carved into the soaring sandstone cliff, are the imposing ‘Jain‘ monoliths that depict the Teerthankars. The Sanskrit/Hindi word “Teerth” means a destination situated at the bank of a river and “Teerthankar” would mean…
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Sufi Rang – Kaafi : the joyous Spring and a musical voyage across Delhi
Sufi Rang – Kaafi : the joyous season of Basant Bahaar – Spring and a musical journey across the land of Sufis – Delhi! 🙂 This melody is woven around the raag Kaafi which is associated with the spring season in India. Often, several Indian traditional tunes associated to the festival of Holi and Basant are woven around this melodic…
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Struggle of Life – A sculpture exhibition by Shrikant Pandey
Recently visited this unique exhibition at Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi and happened to treasure some moments in our camera as well as the artist, Mr. Shrikant Pandey himself, and also our super talented cousin Stuti Pandey gave us a tour of the exhibition. You’ll be amazed to see that something as simple as M-Seal can be…
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Mom’s Birthday today :)
It’s mom’s birthday today 🙂 Thanks to her for bringing me and sis Arunima to the world and for nurturing and helping us learn how to live 🙂 Well, apart from making “lives” she also creates everything else that makes life “full of life”! Sharing below some of her artwork..poetry..paintings..songs..food..films..music..and anything and everything that is LIFE!…
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Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb – Mehrauli Archaeological Park (Episode 3)
In this episode we visit the Mosque and Tomb of JAMALI-KAMALI. Shaikh Fazlullah (pen name – Jamali) was a Sufi mystic, a poet and a traveller from the early 16th century. One of his known works include a book, a kind of biography of various Sufi saints of Medieval India. Jamali was also the court poet and…
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Hazrat Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah – Hazrat Amir Khusro Dargah AND Qawwali :)
20 mins of bliss divine! Bringing to you Qawwalis from Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargaah ..and also an extended inner view of the shrines of Hazrat Amir Khusro and Hazrat Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya 🙂 And oh yes .. you’re welcome! 😀
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Heroes of a tasty “langar” :)
Aao bhai Langar lagaa hai !! A qik 2 mins vid about about a winter morning, langar (free food for those in need) and some moments with the real heroes of this noble cause.. our brothers who prepare the tasteful langar 🙂
Jashn Hai Zindagi 