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[[Image:Bara_Dari_South_facing_side_of_the_12_Door_Building_July_1_2005.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hazuri Bagh with the [[Hazuri Bagh Baradari|Baradari]] at its center]] |
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'''Hazuri Bagh''' ([[Urdu]]: '''حضوری باغ''') is a [[garden]] in [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]], bounded by the [[Lahore Fort]] (east side), [[Badshahi Mosque]] (west side), the [[Samadhi of Ranjit Singh]] (north side) and the [[Roshnai Gate]] (south side). In the center stands the [[Hazuri Bagh Baradari]], built by [[Ranjit Singh]]. |
'''Hazuri Bagh''' ([[Urdu]]: '''حضوری باغ''') is a [[garden]] in [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]], bounded by the [[Lahore Fort]] (east side), [[Badshahi Mosque]] (west side), the [[Samadhi of Ranjit Singh]] (north side) and the [[Roshnai Gate]] (south side). In the center stands the [[Hazuri Bagh Baradari]], built by [[Ranjit Singh]]. |
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Every Sunday afternoon, people gather in the gardens to hear reciters recite traditional [[Punjabi Qisse]], such as [[Heer Ranjha]] and [[Sassi Punnun]], and other [[Punjabi]] [[Sufi poetry]]. |
Every Sunday afternoon, people gather in the gardens to hear reciters recite traditional [[Punjabi Qisse]], such as [[Heer Ranjha]] and [[Sassi Punnun]], and other [[Punjabi]] [[Sufi poetry]]. |
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The [[tomb of Muhammad Iqbal]] lies |
The [[tomb of Muhammad Iqbal]] lies across from the garden outside of the [[Badshahi Mosque]]. |
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== Gallery == |
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Image:The Hazuri Bagh Pavilion(1870).jpg|Hazuri bagh pavilion in 1870, with [[Lahore Fort]] in background |
Image:The Hazuri Bagh Pavilion(1870).jpg|Hazuri bagh pavilion in 1870, with [[Lahore Fort]] in background |
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Image:Hazuri_Bagh.JPG|South section, with Roshnai Gate in background |
Image:Hazuri_Bagh.JPG|South section, with Roshnai Gate in background |
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Image:Hazuri Bagh bardari.jpg|[[Hazuri Bagh Baradari]] |
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Image:Bara_Dari_South_facing_side_of_the_12_Door_Building_July_1_2005.jpg|Looking north towards the Baradari |
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Image:Bara Dari East & North facing sides of The 12 door building July 1 2005.jpg|Baradari with [[Badshahi Mosque]] in background |
Image:Bara Dari East & North facing sides of The 12 door building July 1 2005.jpg|Baradari with [[Badshahi Mosque]] in background |
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Revision as of 02:12, 26 April 2008
Hazuri Bagh (Urdu: حضوری باغ) is a garden in Lahore, Pakistan, bounded by the Lahore Fort (east side), Badshahi Mosque (west side), the Samadhi of Ranjit Singh (north side) and the Roshnai Gate (south side). In the center stands the Hazuri Bagh Baradari, built by Ranjit Singh.
The Hazuri Bagh is a small enclosure between the Alamgiri Gate of the Lahore Fort and eastern gate of the Badshahi Mosque. This garden was built by Maharajah Ranjit Singh in 1813 to celebrate the capture of the famous Koh-i-Noor Diamond from Shah Shujah of Afghanistan. The Serai Alamgiri formerly stood here.
The garden was planned and built under the supervision of Faqir Azizuddin. After its completion, it is said, Maharajah Ranjit Singh, at the suggestion of Jamadar Khushhal Singh, ordered that marble be removed from various mausoleums of Lahore to construct a baradari (pavilion) here. This task was given to Khalifa Nooruddin. Elegant carved marble pillars support the baradari’s delicate cusped arches. The central area, where Ranjit Singh held court, has a mirrored ceiling. Both the garden and the baradari, originally a 45-foot, three-storey square with a basement approached by fifteen steps, suffered extensive damage during the fratricidal Sikh wars and was only reclaimed and laid out according to the original plan during the British period. On 19 July 1932, the uppermost story collapsed and was never reconstructed.
Every Sunday afternoon, people gather in the gardens to hear reciters recite traditional Punjabi Qisse, such as Heer Ranjha and Sassi Punnun, and other Punjabi Sufi poetry.
The tomb of Muhammad Iqbal lies across from the garden outside of the Badshahi Mosque.
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Hazuri bagh pavilion in 1870, with Lahore Fort in background -
South section, with Roshnai Gate in background -
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Baradari with Badshahi Mosque in background
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