A Photowalk of Shrine Baba Farid Ganjshakar (Part-2)

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I went Last week for a family get to gather in Pakpattan, in the evening I have some time and I decided to spend this time 700 years old Shrine of Hazrat Baba Farid Ganjshakar.I decided to do a Photo walk there I I took some pictures from outside shops which I thought will be very interesting for my LG fellows so the 1st part of this post I have already posted as A Photo walk of Shrine Baba Farid Ganjshakar (Part-1) and Now this is the second part.

View of inner Dome of one tomb in Shrine
View of inner Dome of one tomb in Shrine2600×1463 1.53 MB

The Shrine of Baba Farid Ganjshakar is a 13th-century Sufi shrine located in Pakpattan The shrine is one of the most important in Pakistan Baba Farid Ganjshakar is recognized as the first acclaimed poet of Punjabi language. He is also very respectable in Sikh Religion. His verses have been collected in Guru Granth Sahib under the chapter Farid's Sayings by Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
The shrine played a central role in the conversion of local tribes to Islam over the course of several centuries

I was surprised to see the brick and wood work in Shrine Quranic verses and floral patterns are very beautifully designed on the walls of Shrine and even after 700 years still its mesmerizes to visitors Baba Farid departed from this world on in 1280 AD and since then his mazar (tomb) is the pride of Pakpattan. Khwaja Nizamuddin Aulia constructed his tomb. Mazar has two doors, namely Noori darwaza and Bahishti darwaza.

Bahishti darwaza known as door of heaven It opens only once in a year during the fair thousands of people pass through it.They has strong believe if they passed this door they will go in heaven after death. It (door) is made of pure silver and floral designs are laid in gold sheet.

Thousands of devotees come to visit the shrine daily from within the country and from abroad.
His death anniversary is celebrated every year on the 5th of Muharram. and up to two million visitors visits during his annual urs festival.

Hi @PoliMC & @SumaiyaZafrin

Please check why I didn’t post its first part in Meet ups that’s why I posting 2nd part also in photography section because it was not a meetup It was a photo walk of of only 1 Percipient

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Hello @Muhammad_Usman ,

Such a detailed post and incredible photos! Thank you for sharing your photowalk with us.

The roof on the first photo is breathtaking and reminds me a bit about the ones I’ve seen in Turkey, so rich with floral ornaments and calligraphy. On the other hand, the decoration on the walls is very similar to the Moroccan one.

Is there an entrance fee in order to access this place? Is it affordable?

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Thanks a lot @BorrisS for your interest actually Turkey and Pakistan has same feelings and respect towards Muslim saints No fees no entry fees at all

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Hi @Muhammad_Usman ,

Thanks for tagging me here!

Apologize for the inconvenience! I understood that you’ve attended an organized Local Guides meet-up and that’s why I’ve relabeled your first post to the meet-ups section but will relabel it again in Photography board.

However, your second part is again really interesting. I totally agree with @BorrisS that the first photo is wonderful, I’ve never seen such roof.

Thanks again for the understanding!

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Hi @BorrisS I just Saw Moroccan firstly I couldn’t understand because in Our country we Say Marakish for Moroccan I really love this African Muslim country and wish to go there at least once a life

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Hi @PoliMC I really thankful to you for Relabel My post. Now I am more than happy

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You should definitely visit it @Muhammad_Usman , Morocco is amazing!

This is very interesting, as I didn’t know that in your country Morocco is called Marakish! A bit like in Turkey, where they call it Fas. In both cases, the country itself, is given the name of two of its biggest cities, Marrakesh and Fes.

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Oh @BorrisS it is also new for me that I know the biggest city names for turkey Istanbul or Anqra and for Morroco is Rabat.

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