Jahan-e-Khusrau

Jahan-e-Khusrau
Dates February/March
Location(s) New Delhi, India
Years active 2001 - Present
Founded by Muzaffar Ali

Jahan-e-Khusrau (Urdu, Persian: جہاں خسرو, Hindi: जहान-ए-खुसरो) is an annual three-day sufi music festival held in New Delhi, India[1] to commemorate the death anniversary of the saint Hazrat Amir Khusrau.[2]

History

Jahan-e-Khusrau was started in the year 2001 by noted film director, Muzaffar Ali.

The festival

The festival is held at Chaunsath Khamba located in Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti and the lawns of the Humayun’s Tomb — incidentally, this is where Khusrau started the qawwali music tradition in the 13th century AD.

Performers

2010

2007

See also

References

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