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A few days after Aga Khan Trust for Cultures Jashn-e-Khusrau regaled the Delhi audience at a host of historical venues,Delhis annual sufi festival Jahan-e-Khusrau has also found place in the citys cultural calendar.

A few days after Aga Khan Trust for Cultures Jashn-e-Khusrau regaled the Delhi audience at a host of historical venues,Delhis annual sufi festival Jahan-e-Khusrau has also found place in the citys cultural calendar.

Director-designer-writer Muzaffar Alis brainchild,Jahan-e-Khusrau a three-day festival to commemorate the death anniversary of Sufi saint Hazrat Amir Khusrau has presented some of the finest acts in the past.

The festival which starts today,will open with a folk performance by Malini Awasthi. This will be followed by a kathak dance recital by Astha Dixit and Hyderabad-based Nazir Ahmad Warsi and group.

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The second days highlight will include singer Shafqat Amanat Ali. There will be blues musician Delhi-based Devashi Sehgal,gospel singer Sonam Kalra and Mercan Dade,a Turkish DJ,as well. Abida Parveen,who is also the patron,will conclude the festival.

Jahan-e-Khusrau will also travel to Lucknow on March 8 and 9,at the Dilkusha Palace.

The event will be held at Humayuns Tomb,from March 1 to 3,at 6.30 pm. For more details: visit http://www.jahan-e-khusrau.org

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