A Deccan Odyssey

Southern feast

Whether we’re talking geology, politics or culture, the historical region of the Deccan offers a sumptuous and varied feast for thought

Empires of the Deccan – 1,000 years of shifting sands

The Deccan’s diversity of art, culture and language is the result of centuries of shifting politics. Let's get to know the prominent early and late-mediaeval kingdoms of this vast region through Sarmaya's rare photographs, coins, books, engravings and maps

Singing pillars, living rocks & posh pineapples – Architecture of the Deccan

How medieval Deccani architecture evolved to encompass such a range of marvels, from monolithic cave monasteries to Dravidian temple art to Indo-Islamic minarets

How to Build a Transnational Deccan City by Jonathan Gil Harris

by Jonathan Gil Harris December 2, 2017 The story of how modern-day Aurangabad was planned and built by an Abyssinian slave

“You can’t visit Hampi in a day”

Respected art historian of the Vijayanagara empire, Dr (Sr) Anila Verghese illustrates what makes the art and architecture of the era unique. Through objects from the Sarmaya collection, she points us in the direction of secrets and stories hidden in plain sight at Hampi

The Hyderabad Affair

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Email Share on WhatsAppIf you’ve never been to Hyderabad, you might associate certain stereotypical things with it, like the jaw-dropping Nizam’s jewels that leave the vaults of the RBI to make their appearances at crowded exhibitions now and again. Or what many consider the definitive dum biryani—and... Read more »

Deccan Chronicles: The Seven Nizams (and one Diwan) of Hyderabad

While the Nizams were alive, neither the Mughals, nor the French, nor the British, could wrest control of Hyderabad. On their watch, the city swayed to its own rhythm, breathing new life into Deccani art, music, dance and poetry