VISITING LAHORE FORT, BADSHAHI MOSQUE

LAHORE ~

Its a beautiful city of Pakistan, capital of Punjab province & the second largest city of the country. Lahore is famous because of its historical importance.
Two days before on 8th december I visted "Shahi Qila (Lahore Fort) & Badshahi Mosque".

Badshahi Mosque~
The Royal Mosque build in the times of the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673
It is the 2nd largest Mosque of Pakistan and South Asia, and 5th largest Mosque in the world.
One door of the Lahore Fort opens toward the Badshahi Mosque

View of Mosque from the gate of Lahore Fort ~

Lahore Fort ~
Locally it is known as "Shahi Qila" located in the northwestern corner of the Walled City of Lahore. It was built during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar between 1556–1605 & regularly upgraded by subsequent Mughal, Sikh and British rulers.
The Fort is now included in the world heritage list. In 1981, the fort was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the Shalimar Gardens.

Sheesh Mahel inside the fort is the most decorated place, may be because it was the place for the queen to stay. At that time no male persons allowed inside the Mahel

This is the part of sheesh mahel where queen stays ~

Beautiful & amazing Work on walls done by human hands. 400 years old building
still alive & tells the real stories of the rulers of that time ~

Roofs are decorated by beautiful mirror work

I tried to capture the view of Badshahi Mosque from the sheesh mahel ~

The Beautiful Minar-e-Pakistan is on the left side of the Fort. View of Minaar from
sheesh mahel ~<3~

 

Because of the limited time I missed alot of things in the Fort & MOSQUE. 

but definitely visit next time also ;)