haveli

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That is why his shrine is called a haveli and not a temple.

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  • The issue has Tabu open up to director Homi Adajania (of Being Cyrus fame) revealing all about herself right from her growing up days in a haveli in Hyderabad to her making the big screen debut opposite Rishi Kapoor (an actor much shorter than her in height) to what she believes are her best performances till date. —  Bollywood Stars | Bollywood Actress | Bollywood News | Bollywood Movie
  • And when you think of a Muslim story the images that come to mind are green scarf, beard, fur cap, nawab, haveli, pandan, salam, khuda hafiz, talaq and a distinct off-mainstream culture … things that one immediately associates with a Muslim social. —  Screen News
  • Young men get facials in open-fronted male beauty parlors, or you might spot a gaggle of children getting bucket-washed in the courtyard of a haveli, a once-grand mansion sunk into decay. —  NYT > Travel
  • It had been also suggested, to the british that, all muslim tentants, in nilli bar, haveli and bari doab canal colonies, be uprooted, and sent packing to, bahawalpur state in the vaccum, 150,000 non muslims could be adjusted. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • Inside a story highlights textile designer Brigitte Singh's modern stone haveli in India -- a house inspired by the old mansions of Rajasthan with its own airy courtyard. —  style court
 

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