In the 19th century earlier, scholars such as Andrew Stirling and James Fergusson, who saw a fragment of the main temple, never entertained any doubt regarding the completion of the building. Continue Reading...

You must not go wrong either in the enunciation or intonation of a mantra. If you do, not only will you not gain the expected benefits from it, the result might well be contrary to what is intended. So the mantras must be chanted with the utmost care. . Continue Reading...

LEGEND has it that Bidar is the short form of Viduranagar, an ancient city named after Vidura, the legendary figure of Mahabharata. Archeological finds have revealed that Bidar, situated 740 km north of Bangalore, is located at a site where in the 10th century there existed a fort. Continue Reading...

THE massive and extensive fortress of Golkunda lies just to the west of Hyderabad. Originally known as Mangal- waram or Mankal, the fort was built about eight hundred years ago by the kings of Warangal. In 1364 Kanhaiya Naik Raja was compelled by circumstances to surrender it to Sultan Muhammad Shah Bahmani and for the next 150 years golconda formed part of the Bahmani kingdom, with its capital at Gulbarga. Continue Reading...

THE fort of Gulbarga in Karnataka is about 363 miles from Bangalore. It was built by Raja Gulchand, but nothing is known about the year of its construction, nor how it passed on to the possession of Mohammed bin Tughluq. The possibility is that when Delhi Sultanate conquered Daulatabad, Gulbarga passed alongwith to their possession. Continue Reading...

THE Raja of Anagundi gave shelter to a fugitive who happened to be a nophew of Mohammad bin Tughluq. The Sultan came in hot pursuit of his nephew and in a fight slew both the nephew and the Raja and appointed a governor. The latter, however, could not cope with the situation and had to be removed. Continue Reading...