5 historical sites of Lahore that you can get to via the Orange Line Train

If you live in DHA, Cantt, Gulberg etc. and are wondering how to visit one of Lahore’s historical and cultural sites without getting stuck in the traffic of the old city, than the solution to your worries are three words’ “Orange Line Train”. Today we have made a list of 5 of Lahore’s historical sites that you will be able to visit not only without getting stuck in traffic, but also on the lowest possible travelling cost through the Orange train. Get on the Lahore ring road and get off at the Quaid-e-Azam interchange near Dera Gujran. This is where you park your car and get on Orange line at the Dera Gujran terminal. Your first stop will be at the Shalimar bagh terminal and the second will be at the Lakshmi Chowk terminal.

Shalimar Gardens The Shalimar Gardens were laid out as a Persian paradise garden with the aim of creating a representation of an earthly utopia in which humans co-exist in perfect harmony with the elements off nature. The gardens were constructed under the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan from 1641-1642.

Wazir Khan Mosque The Wazir Khan Mosque is a 17th-century mosque located in the city of Lahore, capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab. The mosque was commissioned during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a part of an ensemble of buildings that also included the nearby Shahi Hammam baths. Construction of Wazir Khan Mosque began in 1634 C.E., and was completed in 1641.
Considered to be the most ornately decorated Mughal-era mosque, Wazir Khan Mosque is renowned for its intricate faience tile work known as kashi-kari, as well as its interior surfaces that are almost entirely embellished with elaborate Mughal-era frescoes. The mosque has been under extensive restoration since 2009 under the direction of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Government of Punjab, with contributions from the governments of Germany, Norway, and the United States

Badshahi Mosque The Badshahi Mosque is a Mughal-era congregational mosque in Lahore, capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan. The mosque is located west of Lahore Fort along the outskirts of the Walled City of Lahore, and is widely considered to be one of Lahore’s most iconic landmarks.

The Badshahi Mosque was constructed by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb between 1671 and 1673 and was the largest mosque in the world from 1673 to 1986. The mosque is an important example of Mughal architecture, with an exterior that is decorated with carved red sandstone with marble inlay. It remains the largest mosque of the Mughal-era, and is the third-largest mosque in Pakistan. After the fall of the Mughal Empire, the mosque was used as a garrison by the British Empire, and is now one of Pakistan’s most iconic sights

Darbar Ali Hujwiri Darbar Ali Hujwiri is located in the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan is the largest Sufi shrine in South Asia. It was built to house the remains of Ali Hujwiri, commonly known as Ganj Baksh, a Sufi saint from Ghazni in present-day Afghanistan, who is believed to have lived on the site in the 11th century CE.

The site is considered to be the most sacred place in Lahore, and attracts up to one million visitors to its annual urs festival.

Minar-e-Pakistan Minar-e-Pakistan is a national monument located in Lahore, Pakistan. The tower was built between 1960 and 1968 on the site where the All-India Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution (which was latter called Pakistan Resolution) on 23 March 1940 – the first official call for a separate and independent homeland for the Muslims of British India, as espoused by the two-nation theory. The resolution eventually helped lead to the emergence of an independent Pakistani state in 1947. The tower is located in the middle of a garden, called Iqbal Park.

After visiting all the sites here you get back on Orange line at the Lakshmi Chowk terminal and head back to Dera Gujran.

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