The Qawwali Project - An Untold Story

The Qawwals find their relevance in their own personal association with the Shrine and the silsila, the Spritual Order for whom they connect themselves with and continue to swear their allegiance for generations. They add the name of the Sufi Saint in their names as Warsi, Chisti, Nizami, and others. Their own personal journey is a continuity of mehfils, singing in praise of the Almighty.

The Qawwali Project, is an initiative conceptualized by Manjari Chaturvedi where the untold story of Qawwali unfolds through the eyes of photographers. The practitioners are photo-documented with their performance art, their lives and their association with the Sufi shrines where they perform. Qawwali is the performance art and Qawwal is the practitioner. This is an attempt by the Sufi Kathak Foundation to document the traditions as they exist at the shrines itself.