The Tomb of Emperor Jahangir

Hi guys this is my first time posting anything in this community I have joined this community long time ago but during all that time I didn't went any notable place but I have recently visited Lahore with a friend of mine and it was a pre planned tour and the destination was already fixed which was the tomb of Emperor Jahangir and there are two more tombs around this but this one is grand and well preserved as compared to others. When I checked the internet people were calling it underrated place and in this post I am going to share my own experience that how it was I felt I hope you guys would love this.

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The tomb is 70 miles away from my home so it was a lot for us to travel and as you know that it is Winter nowadays so it is very hard to get sunny days during winter in our region luckily it was a sunny day so we just went out around 11 to 12 o'clock and we were right on the gate of the tomb around 3 o'clock because on the way we just went somewhere else. This is the main gate which you will see on the road side it was very classic no decor nothing but as it was the first gate out of three others which you will see on the way passing through the gardens.

We were expecting their a lot of rush as it usually happen at historical places but when we went inside at it was supposed to be afternoon time and it was winter as well so there was almost nothing there were only a couple of people roaming around this is the second and main gate and from passing this you can will see the magnificent tomb standing in front of you.

In the very first image you can see that the very outer gate of the tomb is so smooth so classic there is nothing of decor and no artwork. It it is not a surprising thing as the to whom this supposed to be 500 years old and with the passage of time and during the reign of different people on this area a lot of stuff was stolen and many of those were damaged.

On the side corridors of the second gate of the tomb there are still signs of the fresco art and decorations which was all done by handwork. The tomb was actually built by 5000 labours with 5000 rupees of that time and was built by the wife of the emperor after he died. Mostly Mughals built their own Tombs while they were alive but this one was built after his death of the king. The king is the father of Shah Jahan who later built Taj Mahal so called 7th wonder of the world.

A close shot of the base ground of the tomb you can see that the craving is done and let me tell you that this was all vanished away in the flood of 17th century actually the tomb is built near the bank of river Ravi and it was flooded once and was very damage so it was done later after separation and this stone is called red sandstone.

Before going inside this you can see all that work was done the white colour thing is marble and red colour is red sandstone it is done with hand with a chasell and hammer
My honest reaction was "how beautiful!"

Then we went inside and standing with the corridor but both were saying the magnificent to Mumbai standing far away you can see the house the matric qualities it is so much fitting in this image.

As soon as we get inside there was a flood of flowers in front of me I was not expecting this as it was mid winter I was thinking how could there be a lot of flowers but I was so much amaze to see all this as well as their still fountains which are not active.

We were walking beside the river of flowers they were more than I had expected and on the side I saw this scary tree I think it is 100 years old and it was freaking no one was standing beside it tombs are supposed to be Graves what else can be expected but it was seemingly haunting.

I captured this shot standing on the first stair of the first floor of the building on the back side you can see on the both sides there is a lot of flowers and in the centre it is supposed to be part of the fountain once water used to flow in between the this land but now it is not active.

Now it was time to went inside the tomb and to explore what is hidden inside this huge building before entering I captured again one more image expecting all thede people are visiting but surprisingly those three you can see in the image are the guide people and their guide us inside the tomb on the both sides there are doors I think which leads to the stairs to the roof.

More close shoys so you can see how it seems to be there around the door there is very detailed artwork of white marble and red sandstone the only thing which I was seeing on the way was this thing until I went inside. The guide told me that the tower in itself are miraculous the yellow stone and white marble is used to create zigzag pattern and when it rains it looks like that minarates are dancing I was amazed to hear that but I didn't witness that as it was not raining 😆.

Then inside the corridor it was almost 3 o'clock the sun was just about to set because in winter that are very short days hair you can see the light is coming from the west passing through these corridors I think they have again innovative and painted with white paint this is not marble this is my assumption because it was looking like paint maybe the original white marble was devoured by time.

When I was going inside, the guide stopped me and said please take off your shoes before you went inside as the tombs are considered as a scared place. In this image you can see that there are uncountable corridors coming again and again and there is a very fine artwork done inside at this moment I was totally baffled to see the tiny mosaic on the floor and everything around the walls

On the walls there was a fine amount of fresco art you can see there are ways made out blooming flowers complex patterns I will spend a lot of time only watching them it was so much details that I can't even draw then with my hand and they did it by cutting and placing stones in the wall.

I was so glad to see that they roof is still surviving the guide told us that before Taj Mahal this was the most expensive tomb ever built there were diamonds and precious stones used everywhere inside the mausoleum.

When I went near the grave there was a weird and uncanny atmosphere inside the grave there was no one inside beside me my friend and they guide who was making behind us like a Ghost and at one moment his scared both of us it was pitch dark inside and when we asked him for the light he told us that there is load setting and that's why light is off under ke liye I was not able to capture a lot of things near the grave yet I take a few shots by flesh camera.

Have a close look at this you can see that stones are cut and then placed on the floors equally and this is called mosaic art work as mostly people are aware of it and it is found in historical buildings around the world it is very common in Roman building and from there it came.

This is the upper side of the grave you can see that Arabic calligraphy is done on one side actually those are the 99 names of Allah below you can see the flowers are made on the sides of grave actually this artwork is called pietra dura it came from Italy where it was usually done in ancient time the artwork is all done by hand and this is the peace where once rare and antique stones were used.

I was feeling a bit upset as there was no light inside and the things which I really want to show to you guys I was not able to capture all those and the images were blur and so I captured one more email in the Standing in the arcades you can still see that how much intricate art work is done on the four sides even though on floor the wall and ceiling is just amazing.

This was all are you innovated recently as it was very much damaged even the tiny tiles were visible so they have renovated it

I was so much busy in making images of the building that I forgot to take pictures of mine but the only one image I captured with a friend of mine with his iPhone and when we will coming back on the bus I asked him to send me any image in which I am which is the proof that I visited it 😆. The left person is me wearing glasses 🤓.

Now it was time to go back home so we were working slowly around the garden of I forgot to mention the name of Garden actually they Garden is called "Baagh-e-Dilkasha"

Then we went out of the tomb and we decided to walk to the nearby metro station by walking and as soon we went out we saw the tomb of Noor Jahan which was the queen or wife of The Emperor Jahangir who is buried very next to the tomb of the emperor. The ticket cost us 20 rupees again. We went inside and it was feeling more scary then I had ever been to any place there was little no one inside so we just quickly took a few images and ran away.

This is the image of one of the only surviving artwork you can see on the right side of arcade the tomb was built when the queen was still alive she herself ordered to build it and it was completed within 4 years it is said that once it was also covered with marble and precious stones but during the reign of Sikhs they stripped every single thing from it and also they open the grave of Queen which was more scary for us and later the remaining bodies were again buried I am saying bodies because with the grave of Queen her daughter is also buried with her.

There is also a huge Garden around the tomb. The green grass was looking so beautiful in the sunset so I took one more images of it and then we quickly went to the nearby metro station to go back home overall it was the very pleasing experience I hope you guys would love this post don't forget to give your opinion on this. Is this architecture beautiful I am looking forward to your positive interactions.

Here are some clips I recorded around the tomb and in garden.