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Shrine of Affiliation/Sufi Order Era C.E. Tomb City Province Abdullah Shah Ghazi: Descendant of Imam Hasan ibn Ali: 720-773: Clifton: Karachi: Sindh: Syed Abul Hassan Bin Usman Bin Ali Al-Hajweri: Hanafi: 990-1077: Data Durbar Complex: Lahore: Punjab Bahauddin Zakariya: Suhrawardiyya: 1070-1167: Multan City: Multan: Punjab: Ganj e Inayat Sarkar ...
The shrine of the Goddess Hinglaj is located in the desert of Balochistan, Pakistan, about 215 kilometers west of the city of Karachi. The annual Hinglaj Yatra is the largest Hindu pilgrimage in Pakistan, which is participated by more than 250,000 pilgrims. [1] [12] Baba Chandragup is a mud volcano.
Karachi has over 350 sites which are protected under the Provincial Act. Sites are listed under broad areas or quarters under which they are located. Some streets/roads are found in two areas. Sites located on them are found under their respective area.
The Shri Swami Narayan Mandir, Karachi (Urdu: شری سوامی نارائن مندر) is a Hindu temple that is the only Swami Narayan temple in Pakistan. [1] The temple is notable for its size and frontage, over 32,306 square yards (27,012 m 2 ) on the M. A. Jinnah Road in Karachi city. [ 2 ]
In 1952, the QMF proposed to erect 4 monuments across Pakistan to Jinnah's memory: a mausoleum and mosque on the current site in central Karachi, a Dar-ul-Uloom religions school in Punjab and a University of Science and Technology in East Pakistan. [5] In 1954, an Indian architect was selected to design the mausoleum, but was later dismissed. [3]
The area is a highly active tectonic zone, as a result of the Himalayan orogeny. The area is also an important stopover for migrating birds and home to endangered mammal species, including markhor, musk deer, snow leopard, urial, and Marco Polo sheep. [35] Deosai National Park: Gilgit Baltistan: 2016 ix, x (natural)
The arrival of Islam in today's Pakistan - first in Sindh - during the 8th century CE meant a sudden end of Buddhist architecture. However, a smooth transition to predominantly pictureless Islamic architecture occurred. [12] Chaukhandi Tombs are intricately carved
Sehwan (Sindhi: سيوهڻ شريف; Urdu: سہون شریف; also commonly referred to as Sehwan Sharif or Noble Sehwan) is a historic city located in Jamshoro District of Sindh province in Pakistan situated on the west bank of the Indus River 80 miles (130 km) north-west of Hyderabad.