Dawal Malik: A village in Karnataka where houses have no doors
The Hindu
None of the 80-plus houses in the hamlet located just a kilometre away from Mulagund town in Gadag district in Karnataka have doors because they believe that Hazrat Dawal Malik, a Sufi saint, protects them all.
None of the 80-plus houses in the hamlet located just a kilometre away from Mulagund town in Gadag district in Karnataka have doors because they believe that Hazrat Dawal Malik, a Sufi saint, protects them all.
We visited the hamlet and spoke to people to know the reason and the history behind all of it.
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Reporting: Girish S Pattanashetti, Video: Kiran Bakale
Voiceover: Nalme Nachiyar, Editing: Ravichandran N
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