Aurangzeb, who died in 1707 in Ahmednagar, was buried in Khuldabad as per his wishes, near the dargah of his spiritual guide, ...

Unfortunately, in the present time, many Waqf properties in India are not being utilized according to the Mansha-e-Waqif ...

By the time the great Nusrat died of a heart attack in 1997 at the woefully young age of 48, he was just beginning to enjoy ...

The Lahore Arts Council (Alhamra) in collaboration with the Asian Cultural Association of Pakistan organised a spiritual evening titled 'Wajd Ki Raat'. Alhamra Chairman Razi Ahmed expressed his ...

NPR readers of different belief systems share the poignant rituals that make them feel close to their spirituality. For some, ...

Shaksaaz, a tailor in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar, inherited his passion for local Sufi music from his grandfather along ...

Celebrating this Sufi legacy, rooted in the spiritual ethos of love, unity, and enlightenment, is the first edition of the Sufi Heritage Festival, organised by the Sufi Heritage Project in Delhi.

The rich, smoky incense of loban (fragrant resin) wafting out of Sufi shrines of Delhi is fresh in Rekha Bhardwaj’s memories even as her composition of Amir Khusrau’s kalam Aaj Rang Hai ...

The Sufi tradition has not only bridged spiritual distances between people but has also brought the world closer." Folk singer Malini Awasthi presented folk songs seeped in ishq and bhakti Since ...

Bangladesh has 12,000 mazars and about 17,000 shrines dedicated to Sufi spiritual guides. Although Sufi community in Bangladesh has a large number of followers and supporters but due its non-violent ...

In the 14th century, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, a revered Chishti Sufi, wrote a commentary on Masnavi. In modern India, Rumi’s impact is most evident in the works of poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal ...