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The Shalimar Gardens - One of Lahore's most famous parks built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan in 1642...When I went at least I felt transported back in time...It was beautiful and so relaxing men and couples (you wouldn't of course see single women sitting under a tree reading a book) having picnics and just hanging out. We were the only tourists there and it was rather empty, but still, they turned on the fountains just for us! Leave a Comment Directions: 5 kilometers east of the old city
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The Shalamar Bagh (Garden) was constructed by the Mughal Emperor Shah-Jehan in 1642 AD. Originally, the gardens had seven ascending terraces, but now only three remain spread over an area of about 42 acres. There is a marble pavilion under which water flows and cascades down over a carved, marble slab creating a water-fall effect. Across the water-fall is a marble throne. At the end of the second terrace is a beautiful structure called "Sawan Bhadon". Leave a Comment Directions: Close to University of Engineering & Techonology (U.E.T), Lahore.Other Contact: Its place to visit
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The Shalamar Garden, also written Shalimar Garden, was built by the great Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Construction began in 1641 A.D. and was completed in a year.
Shalamar Garden is a great example of Mughal architecture. Covered area of garden is approx. 80 acres surrounded by a high wall of brick work. There are three successive terraces in the middle of the garden, raised one above the level of the other by a height of 12 or 15 feet (4 or 5 m). These terraces were named as:
1. Farah Baksh means Bestower of Pleasure. (Upper Terrace)
2. Faiz Baksh means Bestower of Goodness. (Middle Terrace)
3. Hayat Baksh means Bestower of life. (Lower Terrace)
A canal joins the middle terrace into a large marble basin. From this basin and from the canal, rise 450 fountains which throw up water that is subsequently received into marble tanks. The channels of water that weave through the whole garden are fed by this canal. The gardens contain white marble buildings in typical Shah Jahani style.
The Shalimar Garden was gifted by King to "Mian" family and remained under this family more than 350 years, till then were among the best preserved Mughal gardens but now on the Unesco's list of world heritage sites in danger. Leave a Comment
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The Shalamar Garden was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in Lahore in 1642. Garden is laid out in three descending terraces, which are elevated by 4-5 meters. To irrigate the Garden, a canal named “Shah Nahar” meaning Royal canal, was brought from a distance of over 161 kilometers. The canal intersected the Gardens and discharged into a large marble basin in the middle terrace. From this basin, and from the canal, rise 410 fountains, which discharge into wide marble pools. It is a credit to the creativity of the Mughal engineers that even today scientists are unable to comprehend how the fountains were operated.
In 1981, Shalimar Gardens was included as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the Lahore Fort. Leave a Comment Directions: Close to University of Engineering & Techonology (U.E.T), Lahore.
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The Shalimar Gardens are another centerpeice of Lahore's Mughal history. The gardens were built during the reign of Shah Jehan, and are today a popular ground for people escaping the heat of Lahore. The park is always busy, and people come to simply walk around, to those who come for picnics, to the few who come to play cricket.
The garden is majestic in it's size, and pretty impressive when you see the fountains and consider that they were built without modern technology.
Although the Gardens are impressive, they have suffered the sad history that has afflicted many other sites in Lahore, and that is the problem of plunder. To see the Gardens in all their grandeur would be quite a site. Leave a Comment Directions: East of old Lahore.
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Leave a Comment Directions: Close to University of Engineering & Techonology (U.E.T), Lahore.
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Leave a Comment Directions: Close to University of Engineering & Techonology (U.E.T), Lahore.
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Leave a Comment Directions: Close to University of Engineering & Techonology (U.E.T), Lahore.
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Leave a Comment Directions: Close to University of Engineering & Techonology (U.E.T), Lahore.
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Leave a Comment Directions: Close to University of Engineering & Techonology (U.E.T), Lahore.
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