Ayaz Ismail’s Roshan Hai blends Sufi devotion and modern sound, featuring Muazzam Ali Khan in a soulful ode to divine light.

The seventh edition of Understanding Qawwali celebrated the art form with the launch of Manjari Chaturvedi's book, 'Qawwali: ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Qawwali is the Sufi devotional music of India and Pakistan, ecstatic praise-songs traditionally offered ...

It takes a sufi to go looking for trouble, irreverently turning his face away from the reigning gods, clerics and rituals. “Na toh butkade ki talab mujhe/ Na haram ke dar ki talash hai/ Jahan lut gaya ...

Ustad Chand Nizami |The Nizami Bandhu group has been enthralling their audience with sufi qawwalis written by Amir Khusro for decades. They performed at HCL’s Soundscapes recently and wowed their ...

Qawwali has long been an art form that transcends borders and generations, drawing audiences into a trance-like state of rhythm and devotion. Think of yesteryear legends like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Qawwali is the Islamic devotional music of India and Pakistan, poems and praise-songs traditionally ...

Nizami Bandhu from the Sikandra Gharana boasts of a 750-year-old legacy. Led by Ustad Chand Nizami with Shadab Faridi Nizami and Sohrab Faridi Nizami, the artisteswill perform at a fund raiser for the ...

The annual Ramadan Samaa Sufi Festival, which began on 15 August, will see its last performance tonight by a medley of international troupes For the past four years, the Samaa Sufi festival has been ...

Malini Nair is a Senior Editor with The Times of India in Delhi. It takes a sufi to go looking for trouble, irreverently turning his face away from the reigning gods, clerics and rituals. “Na toh ...

Prime Minister joined the audience to savour every moment as Sufi musicians belted out qawwalis. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, tapped fingers on desk and his knuckles and clapped ...