Two decades ago, amidst hectic preparation for the 400 year celebrations of Hyderabad (in 1991) the government instructed the state department of archeology and museums to ‘produce’ the final resting ...

Bhagmati: Why Hyderabad’s Lost Queen Is the Soul of the City, by Moupia Basu, delves into the history of Hyderabad with the rigour of a scholar and the sensibility of a poet. She is keenly aware of ...

Hyderabad: For generations, Hyderabadis and others the world over were regaled by the romantic folklore and legend of Bhagmati, said to be the beloved of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, the fifth ruler of ...

A `national mission' just might unravel the mystery over Bhagmati, the dancer for whom the founder of Hyderabad, Mohd Quli Qutb Shah, fell for. Now, for the first time, a rare manuscript written ...

True love never grows old. So is the legend of Bhagmati. Hers was love made up of stolen moments – bitter, sweet and poignant. She was the damsel in distress and he the knight in shining armour.

Most of us still have questions about the way history was taught in school: ruler, kingdom, war and the duration of his reign, over and over. Though Bhagmati by Moupia Basu is a well-researched book ...

HYDERABAD : Sheher-e-Ishq (City of Love), an event of walks to historical places and palaces of Hyderabad exploring the love stories between kings and queens comes to an end soon. When names of ...

I look I see you standing. In his poems, Quli often addressed the unknown woman as a “dancer”. This is believed to be a reference to Bhagmati because she was a dancer – a devadasi or servant of God.

In the old city of Hyderabad, there is a 446-year-old bridge called the Purana Pul (old bridge). Constructed in 1578 by Ibrahim Qutb Shah,1 the six hundred feet long and thirty-six feet wide bridge ...

In its bid to put India on the global map in the field of animation and effects, Zee Telefilms has come up with a special offering – Bhagmati – a movie that has extensive use of animated effects.