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Punjabi Fetival | Charda te Lehnda Punjab Lahore ich | Songs | Bhangra | Tabi in Punjabi

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In the 16th century in Punjab, Shah Hussain, a Sufi poet and mystic met and fell in love with a Hindu boy called named Madho Lal. Though gay marriage was not legal anywhere in the world before this century, Hussain and Madho defied social conventions and lived together for six years till Hussain's death in 1599. Hussain's poetry is significantly inspired by his relationship with Madho, with some poems addressed directly to him. After Hussain's death Madho continued to live close to where he was buried in present day Baghbanpura in Lahore, and was buried next to Hussain after his death. They continue to lie buried side by side in the same enclosure to this day, and the enclosure is named Hazrat Madho Lal Hussain, embodying one soul living in two bodies.

The annual celebration called Mela Chiraghan or Festival of Lights is held in March in Lahore in order to celebrate the love of Madho and Hussain as well as Hussain's poetry. It is unknown how the ritual was established, but it dates as far back as the the 18th century: there are records of Maharaja Ranjit Singh leading a barefooted procession from the Fort to the mausoleum for this celebration. At present, the festival is conducted over three days and attracts large crowds. Cotton-seed oil lamps are lighted in the streets and houses of the city. Devotees sing and dance and read Hussain's poetry in order to commemorate the triumph of tolerance over forces of bigotry.

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Enchanting facade - Walled City of Lahore, Punjab, PAKISTAN

[mothmiso]

My City: Lahore (2) (3) (4) by hasham2

[mehreenkhan]

The old Lahore

Punjab, Pakistan

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Coin

Punjab, Pakistan, 600-303 BC

Indian coins hold a unique place in the field of Numismatics. It is one of the earliest places in the world to issue coins (along with Greece and China) and no other region rivals India for the sheer diversity of coins in terms of their shapes, sizes, motifs, materials, and techniques. Further, unlike Greece and China, India has no surviving written history prior to the 15th century, and so material evidence such as inscriptions on monuments and coins serve as the only written texts with which to reconstruct a historical account of the region.

Coins began to be issued in the Indian subcontinent around 600 BCE, first in the region of Gandhara in the northwest and then spreading to other political territories, known as janapadas, across what is today north and northeastern India. Coins from this early period were all produced from sheets of silver that were cut down into standard weights and punch marked with different signs corresponding to political territories and bankers’ marks. No two are exactly alike, but certain consistencies can be observed when there is a large sample set. Most coins consisted of 5 punch marks and each territory had consistent symbols.

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[haveyoubeentothiscity]

Population: 11,126,285

The submitter commented “I have some family there and I've always liked it whenever I visit :)”

[khaperai]

Graveyard in Sialkote, Punjab c.1900s

[urduu]

ٹبہ ، ٹویا ۔ اک برابر

گڈیا ، بویا ۔ اک برابر

راتیں اکھ تے بدل برسے

رویا ، چویا ۔ اک برابر

قسمےسُن کے نیندر اڈ گئی

سُتا ، مویا ۔ اک برابر

ماڑے گھر نوں بوھا کادھا؟

کھلا ، ڈھویا ۔۔ اک برابر

سورج ٹُردا نال برابر

دن کیوں لگن سال برابر

وِتھ تے سجنا وِتھ ہوندی اے

بھاونویں ہووے وال برابر

اکھ دا چانن مر جاوے تے

نیلا، پیلا، لال برابر

جُلی منجی بھین نوں دے کے

ونڈ لئے ویراں مال برابر

مرشد جے نہ راضی ہووے

مجرا ، ناچ، دھمال برابر

اُتوں اُتوں پردے پاون

وچوں سب دا حال برابر..

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Tomb of Javindi Bibi in Uch Sharif, Bahawalpur, Punjab, PAKISTAN

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My City: Lahore (2) (3) (4) by hasham2

Via Flickr:

(3) Mural art of Lahore fort (4) Mirror Palace