Showing posts with label Amazing Places. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amazing Places. Show all posts

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Derawar Fort, Cholistan, Pakistan Amazing Pictures

Derawar Fort, Cholistan, Pakistan Amazing Pictures
Derawar Fort is an ancient fort located in Cholistan Desert in Pakistan. The Fort was built by Deoraj, a prince of Jaisalmer. It was in possession of royal family of Jaisalmer when it was captured by Abbasis in 1735. In 1747, the Fort slipped from the hands of Abbasis in the reign of Nawab Bahawal Khan due to his pre-occupations at Shikarpur. Nawab Mubarak Khan took the stronghold back in 1804.
Derawar Fort, Cholistan, Pakistan Amazing Pictures
Derawar Fort, Cholistan, Pakistan Amazing Pictures
Derawar Fort, Cholistan, Pakistan Amazing Pictures
Derawar Fort, Cholistan, Pakistan Amazing Pictures
Derawar Fort, Cholistan, Pakistan Amazing Pictures
Derawar Fort, Cholistan, Pakistan Amazing Pictures
Derawar Fort, Cholistan, Pakistan Amazing Pictures

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Arambagh Mosque, Karachi Amazing Pictures

Arambagh Mosque, Karachi Amazing Pictures
Arambagh Mosque, Karachi Amazing Pictures
Arambagh Mosque, Karachi Amazing Pictures
Arambagh Mosque, Karachi Amazing Pictures
Arambagh Mosque, Karachi Amazing Pictures
Arambagh Mosque, Karachi Amazing Pictures

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Shrine of Bibi Jawindi Amazing Pictures

Shrine of Bibi Jawindi Amazing Pictures
Uch or Uch Sharif is located in Punjab, Pakistan. Uch is also known as "Alexandria at the Head of the Punjab", is a historical city in Pakistan. Once it was an important city of ancient India. It is believed that in 325 BC Alexander the Great founded a city called Alexandria at the site of the last confluence of Punjab rivers with the Indus river.
Shrine of Bibi Jawindi Amazing Pictures
Shrine of Bibi Jawindi Amazing Pictures
Shrine of Bibi Jawindi Amazing Pictures
Shrine of Bibi Jawindi Amazing Pictures
Shrine of Bibi Jawindi Amazing Pictures

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Tomb of Jam Nido Thatta Amazing Pictures

Tomb of Jam Nido Thatta Amazing Pictures
This is the tomb of Jam Nido, a Summa ruler who reigned from 1461-1508.One of the largest necropolises in the world, with a diameter of approximately 8 kilometers, Makli Hill is supposed to be the burial place of some 125,000 Sufi saints. It is located on the outskirts of Thatta, the capital of lower Sind until the seventeenth century, in what is the southeastern province of present-day Pakistan.
Tomb of Jam Nido Thatta Amazing Pictures
Tomb of Jam Nido Thatta Amazing Pictures
Tomb of Jam Nido Thatta Amazing Pictures
Tomb of Jam Nido Thatta Amazing Pictures
Tomb of Jam Nido Thatta Amazing Pictures
Tomb of Jam Nido Thatta Amazing Pictures
Tomb of Jam Nido Thatta Amazing Pictures

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Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan Amazing Pictures

Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan Amazing Pictures
The Shah Faisal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan - is among one of the largest mosques in the world. Its Pakistan’s National Mosque. It is a popular masjid in the Islamic world, and is renowned for both its size and its architecture covering an area of 5,000 square meters with a capacity of 300,000 worshippers. It’s relatively unusual design fuses contemporary lines with the more traditional look of an Arab Bedouin's tent, with its large triangular prayer hall and four minarets.
Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan Amazing Pictures
Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan Amazing Pictures
Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan Amazing Pictures
Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan Amazing Pictures

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Nankana Sahib Pakistan

Nankana Sahib Pakistan

Nankana Sahib is a holy place where the founder of Sikh religion, the dispeller of darkness, the most enlightened global Guru, Guru Nanak Dev ji was born early in the morning to Mata Tripta Ji and Mehta Kalu Ji on 15th April, 1469 (Baisakh sudi 3, Samwat 1526). The township of Nankana Sahib was earlier known as Raipur and later on as Rai-Bhoi-di-Talwandi but after the birth of Guru Nanak, it began to be known as Nankian Sahib/Nankana Sahib. It is situated at a distance 48 miles on the west from Lahore. Guru Nanak dev ji passed his whole childhood and young age in Nankana Sahib.  

Nankana Sahib Pakistan
After this partition, a mention of Nankana Sahib Gurudwara in the daily ardasa or prayer has become a regular feature. These Sikh shrines in Pakistan are managed by a Waqf Board and every year, Sikh Jathas visit these shrines on four different occasions. At present there are 25-30 Sikh families residing in Nankana Sahib and as a result of this, daily service is performed and bani is recited.  At the occassion of Guru Nanak's anniversary, about three thousand Sikh devotees from India visit Nankana Sahib. Sikhs from all over the world come there too.
Nankana Sahib Pakistan
Nankana Sahib Pakistan
Nankana Sahib Pakistan

Nankana Sahib

Nankana Sahib Pakistan

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