With respect to Sufi movement in India, the term 'khanqah' refers to?

The correct answer is option 1, i.e. A place for where Sufi mystics (or murshid) lived and gave spiritual discourses.

The word "Khanqah" is used to define a place of spiritual teaching through discourses on spirituality by a murshid (spiritual mentor, or guide).

• The word finds its origins in the Persian language.
• The place also served as a common place where the message of communal harmony is imparted.
• It was a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood and was a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation.
• Sama was the creation of mood to nearness to god by reciting music.