It’s become received wisdom that the history of Indian ‘Hinduism’ and ‘Islam’, imagined as monolithic entities, are irreconcilable. But most medieval Hindus and Muslims didn’t follow the hostile rhetoric of courts. They inhabited a world of Awadhi Sufi epics with Hindu protagonists, which paid homage to ancient Indian mythological tropes. Anirudh Kanisetti explores this strange world, where the line between Sufi and Yogi was often blurred.
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Video Produced by Shekhar Tiwari
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17 июл 2024
