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The Qawwali Project – An Untold Story

Dinesh Khanna

Sufi Kathak Foundation

Sufi Kathak Foundation
New Delhi, India

QAWWAL SHAFAT SAAB

Brother of Qawwal Hayat Nizami, he came visiting from Pakistan to the Shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin. All Qawwals of the subcontinent owe allegiance to the Sufi saint whose abode is said to have been the place where the form of Qawwali as sung today, is said to have originated. The Dargah compound has both the shrines of Hazrat Nizamuddin and Hazrat Amir Khusrau.

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  • Title: The Qawwali Project – An Untold Story
  • Creator: Dinesh Khanna
  • Location Created: Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin, New Delhi, India
  • Original Language: Text: Manjari Chaturvedi
  • Type: photo
  • Contributor: Sufi Kathak Foundation
  • Rights: Dinesh Khanna
  • Region: New Delhi
  • Photographer's biography: Dinesh Khanna is a managing trustee of Nazar Foundation, and one of the co-founders of the Delhi Photo Festival and was also a photography curator for the first two editions of the Serendipity Arts Festival. He is the visual consultant with Sahapedia and advises on the ‘Sahapedia Frames’ Grant for cultural photography. He teaches photography in various institutions, and is a Director of the Dhrish Academy at the Museo Camera: Centre for Photographic Arts. He has published four books of photography — Bazaar (Penguin: 2001), Living Faith (Penguin & Harper Collins: 2004), Right of the Line: The President’s Bodyguard (Rashtrapati Bhawan, 2014), and Life in Rashtrapati Bhawan (Rashtrapati Bhawan, 2015).
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