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Hazrat Tawakkal Mastan Dargah is a Sufi shrine of Islam with a history of about 200 years located at Cottonpete of Bengaluru city. The dargah is considered to be the oldest and largest dargah in Bengaluru city.
Bangalore with recorded number of 40 churches (thus also called the city of churches), represents diverse Christian communities, such as the Roman Catholic Church, Protestants of the Church of South India (which includes Anglican, Wesleyan and other older denominations), Kerala based Syrian denominations and newer evangelical groups with links ...
Location Image Year Religious Denomination Remarks Adina Mosque: Malda, West Bengal: 1363 CE: Shia: At the time, the largest mosque of South Asia built by Sikandar Shah, 2nd Sultan of Bengal and the Ilyas Shahi dynasty; It is a centrally protected monument as per Archaeological Survey of India [9] Baro Shona Masjid: Basri Shah Mosque: Kolkata ...
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The temple displays architectural features of buildings from the Western Ganga dynasty, the Pallava dynasty and the Vijayanagara Empire.The temple may be more than 800 years old, the first buildings having been in existence before the current city of Bangalore was founded in 1530 by Kempe Gowda I, when he built a mud fort here. [2]
The dargah is known as "Doodh Nana" because it is customary for people to bring milk ("doodh") to perform fateha at this mausoleum. The holy man buried here is Sulaiman Badshah Qadri Baba. This Sufi saint is very famous and even his painting photos are sold in different dargahs all over south India.
Ervadi dargah, the tomb of Sultan Syed Ibrahim Shaheed Badusha Syed Riyaz Ahmad Naqshbandi's Shrine in Fatehpur. Sultan Syed Ibrahim Shaheed Badusha Dargah, Erwadi, Ramanathapuram district; Thiruparankundram Dargah (Sultan Sikandar Badushah Shaheed shrine), Thiruparankundram, Madurai district
The term dargah is common in the Persian-influenced Islamic world, notably in Iran, Turkey and South Asia. [5] In South Africa, the term is used to describe shrines in the Durban area where there is a strong Indian presence, while the term keramat is more commonly used in Cape Town, where there is a strong Cape Malay culture. [6]