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COLOURS OF PAKISTAN |
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SHALIMAR GARDENS |
| The word " Shalimar"
means, the purest of human pleasures. It was completed between 1639 and
1641 in the reign of Emperor Shah Jehan. Its triple-terraced gardens
decorated with marble pavilions, ornamental pools, water falls and
fountains, make it one of the world's finest Persian gardens. This impressive Mughal monument is on the Grand Trunk Road five kilometres towards the Indian border from the center of Lahore.Laid out by Shah Jahan in 1642 for the pleasure of royal household, which often stayed here for days or weeks at a time. In design, it conforms to the classic Mughal conception of the perfect garden and consist of three terraces of straight, shaded walk sets around a perfectly symmetrical arrangement of ponds, waterfalls, marble pavalions, all surrounded by flower beds and fruit trees and enclosed within a wall and more than 400 fountains. There are also huge fruit trees and little chipmunks scamper about. The emperor's sleeping quarters are at the center of the west wall, across from Dewan-e-Aam (Hall of Public Audience). The emperor walked through this hall daily to show himself to the public gathered in a separate walled garden outside. |
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