Hindu calligrapher Anil Kumar Chauhan has decorated over 200 mosques and dargahs
A Hyderabad signboard painter taught himself Urdu and Arabic, and a Jamia Nizamia fatwa backed his work in mosques.
Anil Kumar Chauhan, a Hindu artist born in Hyderabad in 1970, has written Quranic verses and prayers in Arabic on more than 200 mosques and dargahs, Awaz The Voice Urdu reported. He started out painting shop signboards in the old city and learnt Urdu and Arabic on his own. When some people objected early on, he approached Jamia Nizamia, which issued a fatwa allowing his work. His calligraphy also covers the Ameen Peer Dargah in Kadapa.
- Where
- Hyderabad, Telangana; also Ameen Peer Dargah, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh
- When
- Reported 28 October 2026; work ongoing
- Who
- Anil Kumar Chauhan, calligrapher born in Hyderabad in 1970
- Source
- Awaz The Voice Urdu
