dargah - tomb of Muslim saint
darshan - viewing of a deity
darwaza - gateway
Dasarath - father of Lord Rama (7th incarnation of Vishnu)
devadasi - female temple dancer
dhaba - basic restaurant
dharamsala - pilgrim's rest house
dhobi - washer man
dhol - large two sided Punjabi drum
dholi - man carried portable chairs
Digambara - naked Jain saints
dikpala - temple guardian
dowry - money and goods given by a brides parents to their son-in-law's family. Giving and taking of dowry is illegal but still exists
Draupadi - wife of the five Pandava princes
durbar - royal court
Durga - a beautiful, fierce woman (Shiva's wife) riding a tiger