Lahore, Pakistan
Islampura,
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Anarkali's Tomb - 1870 Lahore... Lovely Visit again .
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Very informative Museum and managed
Anarkali's tomb Lahore, Pakistan; Sobha Singh made it a Police Station. Ranjit Singh used gardens for army drills, took marble to Golden Temple. Kharak Singh crowned in its gardens, his mother cremated there. Gen Ventura & Avitable lived in it. British used it as office & church.
Inside punjab civil secretariat... a very beautiful tomb... little museum inside too... But photography is not allowed...
As it lies within the campus of the Lahore Secretariat, I had to obtain special permission from the local authorities, who also happened to please me with harassment in the process. The tomb was wonderful and had an octagonal shape.
its beautiful building now its converted to office of archives department
The Tomb of Anarkali is an octagonal 16th century Mughal monument in Lahore, capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab. The tomb of Anarkali is located on the grounds of Lahore's Punjab Civil Secretariat complex near the British-era Mall, southwest of the Walled City of Lahore. It is considered to be one of the earliest Mughal tombs still in existence, and is considered to be one of the most significant buildings of the early Mughal period.The building is currently used as the Punjab Archives, and public access is limited The white marble cenotaph features carvings with the 99 names of Allah, and was described by 19th-century historians as "one of the finest pieces of carving in the world." In addition to the 99 names of Allah, the cenotaph is inscribed with a Persian couplet written by the Emperor Jehangir which reads: "Ah! could I behold the face of my beloved once more, I would give thanks unto my God until the day of resurrection."
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