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To Nusrat, with love from Uttarakhand

April 23, 2022 10:46 am

Rehmat-e-Nusrat, a group of 20-somethings singing qawwali as an ode to Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, often find themselves in an intertwined world of art and politics amid the music’s spirituality.

Qawwal booked for ‘provocative’ remarks; artistes warned against ‘anti-national’ thoughts

April 01, 2022 5:25 am

Madhya Pradesh police have left for Kanpur to arrest Shareef Parwaaz, the UP-based qawwal booked over his comments about PM Modi, Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath during a performance in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district on March 28.

Archiving the lives of the faceless qawwals

November 27, 2021 8:18 pm

The Qawwali Photo Project documents the lives of the faceless practitioners of the 700-year-old art form

Photo exhibition puts spotlight on qawwals of India

November 22, 2021 10:59 am

Featuring photographs by Dinesh Khanna, Mustafa Quraishi and Leena Kejriwal, the photo exhibition aims to give shape to the sounds and identity to the faceless people behind the devotional sufi music -- the qawwals.

Around Town: Theatre, art, music and more

March 13, 2021 6:03 pm

Around Town - Performances ranging from Indian Theatre to qawwali music which are worth the visit!

Prog-rock band Indian Ocean doffs hat to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in latest offering

April 20, 2020 8:00 pm

Psy-rock meets qawwali in the band's ode to Khan’s Akhiyan Udeek Diyan – a therapeutic in the lockdown. Its members speak about their brand new sound, recreating a classic, monetising the digital, and why music knows no boundaries

Nakash Aziz’s remix qawwali in a Bengali film Bindaas

August 22, 2014 1:00 am

Nakash Aziz, the singer of Saree ke fall sa, recently sung for a Bengali film

Sanjay Dutt to do a qawwali after 41 years in Zanjeer

September 02, 2013 2:24 pm

Sanjay Dutt was seen as a child artiste in a 'qawwali' song in <i>Reshma Aur Shera</i> (1972).

Whirling wheelchairs captivate audience

July 29, 2013 5:20 am

As soft yellow lights came on,two figures in red and white wheelchairs,clad in flowing robes,were seen on stage. As a Qawwali began playing in the background,they started spinning slowly.

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Photo project aims to document the Qawwali traditions as they exist today

November 27, 2021 12:13 pm

This is an initiative to document the Qawwali traditions as they exist today

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Urs of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya held in New Delhi

February 23, 2016 5:45 am

New Delhi, Feb 23 (ANI): The Urs of Nizamuddin Auliya, also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin , at 'Nizammudin Dargah' is one of the biggest religious fairs observed in New Delhi. It was the 712th Urs of Sufi Saint attended by thousands of devotees who come from different parts of the country to pay their respects to the noble soul, and seek his blessings. Hazrat Nizamuddin was a revered Sufi Saint who believed in drawing close to God through renunciation of the world and service to humanity. For him his love of God implied love for humanity and vision of the world was marked by a highly evolved sense of secularity and kindness. People offered silent prayers in memory of the Saint and paid obeisance to him. Later, religious Qawalli in the memory of the Saint was also offered to mark the occasion Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music which is performed mainly at Sufi Shrines or Dargah's throughout South Asia. It is one of the musical traditions that stretch back for more than 700 years.

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