Location(s) | New Delhi, India |
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Years active | 2001 - Present |
Founded by | Muzaffar Ali |
Date(s) | February/March |
Jahan-e-Khusrau (Urdu, Persian: جہاں خسرو, Hindi: जहान-ए-खुसरो) is an annual three-day sufi music festival held in New Delhi, India[1] to commemorate the death anniversary of the saint Hazrat Amir Khusrau.[2]
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Jahan-e-Khusrau was started in the year 2001 by noted film director, Muzaffar Ali.
The festival is held at Chaunsath Khamba located in Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti and the lawns of the Humayun’s Tomb — incidentally, this is where Khusrau started the qawwali music tradition in the 13th century AD.