Khwāja Bande Nawāz
Deities

Khwāja Bande Nawāz

Khwāja Bande Nawāz — Sufi saint of Gulbarga

Status · Anusandhāna
Source · Tier 2
Tradition · Islamic
Period · Varies by tradition

Khwāja Bande Nawāz

Tradition

Islamic / Sufi / Chishti

The Place

  • Location: Gulbarga, Kalaburagi, Karnataka (17.3297°N, 76.8343°E)

Sacred Narrative

Khwāja Bande Nawāz (1321–1422 CE) — a disciple of the fourth Chishti master Nasīr-ud-Dīn Chirāgh-Dihlī — brought the Chishti order to the Deccan. His dargah at Gulbarga has been continuously-maintained for 600 years. The annual Urs (24 Rabi-ul-ākhir) is one of India's largest Sufi gatherings — 200,000+ pilgrims. The shrine preserves the tradition of Sufi music and poetry in Urdu, Farsi, and Dakhni (the Deccan Urdu dialect).

Why This Entry Matters

India's sacred landscape embraces all faith-traditions — Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Jewish, Zoroastrian, tribal, regional-folk — each with its own cosmology. This entry honors Islamic on its own terms.

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✦Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations✦

MantraTradition-specific invocations
Offerings
tradition-specific
Sacred colours
tradition-specific

📖 Stories

  • Narrative of Khwāja Bande Nawāz
    **Khwāja Bande Nawāz** (1321–1422 CE) — a disciple of the fourth Chishti master Nasīr-ud-Dīn Chirāgh-Dihlī — brought the Chishti order to the Deccan. His dargah at Gulbarga has been continuously-maintained for 600 years. The annual Urs (24 Rabi-ul-ākhir) is one of India's largest Sufi gatherings — 200,000+ pilgrims. The shrine preserves the tradition of **Sufi music and poetry in Urdu, Farsi, and Dakhni** (the Deccan Urdu dialect).
    — Community tradition + scholarly sources

🪔 Worship Procedures

Daily rites
• tradition-specific observances
Puja sequence
  1. tradition-specific

🛕 Principal Temples

🎊 Festivals

  • Annual Khwāja Bande Nawāz festival
    Seasonally · 1–15 days

📜 Primary Scriptural Sources

  • Primary texts of Islamicscriptural / devotional / oral