A look at Eid in the 400-year-old Pedda Panja of Old Town

Visakhapatnam | Friday | 15th June, 2018

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it is believed to be as old as the Ishaq Madina dargah itself is....

so, maybe it’s some four centuries old. But now, everyone has moved and it’s just who remain in Old Town,” he adds, with a tinge of sadness. Spry and witty, 74-year-old Mohammad Habibulla Khan, better known in the Old Town as Shakir Khan, is excited to welcome us into his ancestral home. Biryani and semiya on Eid are the go-to dishes in our family and we serve it to everyone who visits us,” says Khan. In fact, much of Waltair used to belong to this,” says Khan, adding, “Much of the history of the house itself is lost..