tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40107317151930267502024-03-14T10:36:36.510+05:00Destination PakistanThis blog is to explore the culture, civilization, history and tourism of Pakistan, mostly with camera-lens.Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-9994742958049680292012-05-22T18:52:00.002+05:002012-05-22T18:52:35.677+05:00Sharda Village-Neelum Valley-Pakistan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br /></div>Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-1037431184426777502011-11-16T14:54:00.001+05:002011-11-16T14:54:30.322+05:00Perhaps! I am back<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/6343890118/" title="Perhaps! I am back"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6118/6343890118_9f1bc8ee8f.jpg" alt="Perhaps! I am back by KashiftheGipsy (Maan tries to come back)" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/6343890118/">Perhaps! I am back</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/">KashiftheGipsy (Maan tries to come back)</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>This picture was taken on the Track of Saif-ul-Malool Lake-Naran, when we were climbing down towards Naran village on 2nd day of Eid, on 8th November 2011.<br />My wife, son (Feeman Ali) and daughter (Ashna Elahi) was also with me.<br />We paid a visit to Naran Valley from 4th November 2011 to 11th November 2011. it was my first family tour to mountain valley.</p>Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-59061782717172223542011-06-08T12:23:00.001+05:002011-06-08T12:23:04.305+05:00Feeman Ali! A Tiny Trekker on the Way<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/5785839650/" title="Feeman Ali! A Tiny Trekker on the Way"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/5785839650_670aeccec2.jpg" alt="Feeman Ali! A Tiny Trekker on the Way by KashiftheGipsy" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/5785839650/">Feeman Ali! A Tiny Trekker on the Way</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/">KashiftheGipsy</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p></p>Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-63373055210323873182011-04-27T14:29:00.001+05:002011-12-28T09:31:46.830+05:00Cultural Heritage of Pakistan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/awaisyaqub/5610132041/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="All in air"><img alt="All in air" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5067/5610132041_b6f2eac20f_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/imrandawood/4592637041/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Mughal Architecture "><img alt="Mughal Architecture " src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1101/4592637041_b2913c86d3_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sulemani/5639895650/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="chanan peer"><img alt="chanan peer" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5307/5639895650_c391ece3b7_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarfrazh/3813425362/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Murree in Pakistan - July 2009"><img alt="Murree in Pakistan - July 2009" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2599/3813425362_7d399fcb4c_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/4977948146/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Burnt down Rest house , Donga Gali near Murree hills of Pakistan, photo taken in 1948"><img alt="Burnt down Rest house , Donga Gali near Murree hills of Pakistan, photo taken in 1948" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/4977948146_2d53f7d4bf_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26169194@N02/5640455073/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Diwan -e-khas"><img alt="Diwan -e-khas" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5640455073_73171e8d5c_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarfrazh/5621581100/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Insidethe Tomb of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai at Bhit Shah in Sindh, Pakistan - January 2011"><img alt="Insidethe Tomb of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai at Bhit Shah in Sindh, Pakistan - January 2011" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5621581100_8936982d32_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ameerhamza/5638545692/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Communal bath, Manghopir"><img alt="Communal bath, Manghopir" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5221/5638545692_6fb1f70897_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/_aliraza_/5633495101/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Hunza - Ganish Rocks - 03"><img alt="Hunza - Ganish Rocks - 03" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5633495101_1bf670e5f0_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarfrazh/5618162855/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Bhit Shah in Sindh, Pakistan - January 2011"><img alt="Bhit Shah in Sindh, Pakistan - January 2011" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5230/5618162855_abe6f9c02c_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarfrazh/5621581094/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="The Inner side of the Dome of Bhit Shah's Tomb in Sindh, Pakistan - January 2011"><img alt="The Inner side of the Dome of Bhit Shah's Tomb in Sindh, Pakistan - January 2011" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5308/5621581094_8c6cb8d08c_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54996985@N00/5090010048/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Indian/Pakistani Ruler c 1900 - Mir Mahmed, Khan of Khalat"><img alt="Indian/Pakistani Ruler c 1900 - Mir Mahmed, Khan of Khalat" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5090010048_01728cef9c_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43432055@N05/5565864840/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Rohi Desert Pakistan"><img alt="Rohi Desert Pakistan" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5059/5565864840_d7579cde7f_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ss154aa/5616005761/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Qaid-e-Azam Library Ganh bagh Lahore Pakistan "><img alt="Qaid-e-Azam Library Ganh bagh Lahore Pakistan " src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5616005761_87a18cea40_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarfrazh/2613386424/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Data Darbar, Lahore, Pakistan - April 2008"><img alt="Data Darbar, Lahore, Pakistan - April 2008" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2613386424_2246765a7b_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smrafiq/5613017801/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Frere Hall Karachi 1865"><img alt="Frere Hall Karachi 1865" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5265/5613017801_6b28a44b98_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59341452@N03/5613170638/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="shah faisal mosque"><img alt="shah faisal mosque" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5613170638_1c3f0f989f_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38169125@N05/3991645721/in/pool-culturalheritageofpakistan/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Perfection"><img alt="Perfection" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3991645721_f8def30c11_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/culturalheritageofpakistan/">Cultural Heritage of Pakistan</a>, a group on Flickr.</div>
Cultural Heritage of Pakistan<br />
Its a rich group of the shots related to rich culture of Pakistan. I am administrator of the group and a many devoted photographers and lovers of the Pakistani culture contributed to this group. So, I pay thanks to all of them.<br />
You can understand the Pakistan culture through lens and you know it well a picture is better than thousand of words.I invite you to join this group on Flickr and enjoy as well as contribute.</div>Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-17736078867211337062011-04-19T11:44:00.001+05:002011-04-19T11:44:15.182+05:00The Love Castle<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/5633881018/" title="The Love Castle"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5261/5633881018_9d79a83b75.jpg" alt="The Love Castle by KashiftheGipsy" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/5633881018/">The Love Castle</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/">KashiftheGipsy</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Sudhan Gali is a love castle for me, this location gave me rebirth in the valley of love. I was unaware of this lovely and incredible location but my love made me known, and I had to pay a visit to Sudhan Gali only for my LOVE..................This Gali is my Love Castle (<b><i>Piar ki Haveli</i></b>)<br /><br />Some Description regarding Sudhan Gali (taken from web pages)<br /><br />Sudhan Gali (also known as Suddhen Gali) is a village located in Bagh District, Azad Kashmir. It lies on the main road that connects the district Bagh to Muzaffarabad, the capital of Azad Kashmir and also connects the town of Chikkar with Bagh city. Sudhan gali is located at the height of 7000 feet. This beautiful, scenic place attracts hundreds of tourists from allover Azad Kashmir and Pakistan. There are two guest houses for tourists. These guest houses are constructed very beautifully and attract large number of people each summer however, these houses are occupied mostly by well known, well connected/influential people and are not available most of the times for common tourists due to lack of a transparent system that would accommodate ordinary tourists. Other well known places in Sudhan Gali include Rasheed Shaheed Cricket Ground located in Copra and Khala But.<br />Sudhan Gali is also home to some of the rarest forests in the region containing pine trees that are hundreds of years old. Due to lack of knowledge/interest, these forests are now endangered to become extinct as locals continue deforestation by cutting down trees yet local/state governments seem to have no interest in saving them.<br />There is a cricket ground near the Ganga Peak known as Ser Ground, located between two mountains, it is not very large but looks very beautiful. Every year in June a cricket tournament is held there in which sixteen teams of District Bagh and Muzafarabad participate.</p>Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-59511437484680564632011-04-15T10:10:00.000+05:002011-04-15T10:12:14.243+05:00Sudhan Gali the Love Castle (Slideshow)In these slide one may visit incredible Pakistan, all these slides shows the beautiful Kashmir but special focus is on Sudhan Gali in Bagh District. Sudhan Gali is some 8000 ft above sea level.<br />Sudhan Gali is my favorite place so I call it Love Castle (in Urdu Piar ki Haveli)<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3m43jjwTDco?hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3m43jjwTDco?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-64647184884682724702011-04-13T12:51:00.001+05:002011-04-13T12:52:16.112+05:00<embed src="http://www.poodwaddle.com/applets/howoldru.swf" width="580" height="400" bgcolor="#ffffff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><br /><a href="http://www.poodwaddle.com">Poodwaddle.com</a>Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-28169881198900094302011-04-07T15:38:00.000+05:002011-04-07T15:39:00.101+05:00Travel My Pakistan<div style="width:350px;padding:0;margin:0;border:none;background:#000 url(http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-013f-bdf4-790e/eb/a4d9d92eaa/bg)0 0 no-repeat"><embed width="350" height="250" src="http://images.travelpod.com/bin/tripwow/flash/badge.swf" flashvars="xmlPath=http%3A%2F%2Ftripwow.tripadvisor.com%2Ftripwow%2Fta-013f-bdf4-790e%2Fbadgexml%3Feb%3Da4d9d92eaa%26ref%3D" base="http://images.travelpod.com/bin/tripwow/flash/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" name="TripWow" wmode="opaque" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><!-- Use of this widget is subject to the terms stated here: http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/widget_terms.html --><div style="width:350px;padding:0;margin:0;border:none;background:#fff;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#999;text-align:justify;font-size:9px"><a href="http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-013f-bdf4-790e" style="color:#c60">Landscapes of Pakistan Slideshow</a>: Kashifthegipsy’s trip from <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g298423-Rawalpindi-Vacations.html" style="color:#c60">Rawalpindi</a>, <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g293959-Pakistan-Vacations.html" style="color:#c60">Pakistan</a> to was created by <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com" style="color:#c60">TripAdvisor</a>. See another <a href="http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/slideshow/pakistan.html" style="color:#c60">Pakistan slideshow</a>. Create a free <a href="http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/" style="color:#c60">slideshow with music</a> from your travel photos.</div></div>Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-23742916668935708472011-03-29T15:22:00.003+05:002012-01-18T11:04:05.609+05:00Monsoon Forest-Pakistan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This photo was capture on the Pipeline Trek in Ayubia National Park, KPK-Pakistan.<br /><br />Ayubia National Park is a small national park in the Murree hills. The initial area of the park was 1684 ha, expanded through a northern extension in 1998 to make a total of 3312 ha. The park supports one of the best remaining examples of moist Himalayan temperate forest in Pakistan and is surrounded by seven major villages and three small towns (Nathiagali, Ayubia and Khanspur). The national park consists entirely of reserve forests, which spill out of the park area on the west and south sides. The scenery is superb with huge pine forests covering the hills and providing shelter to the larger and smaller mammals. Ayubia National Park is a major recreation area visited by large numbers of local tourists, mostly from Islamabad and Abottabad. No official figures are available, but local estimates suggest that there are about 100,000 visitors per year. <br /><br />Wildlife:<br />This park provides refuge to the elusive leopard and the black bear. Bird watching is excellent here. Some of the bird species pass through the park on migration. The population of the Koklass Pheasant and the rare Kalij Pheasant are the highest known for Pakistan. Only 30 individuals of the Kalij Pheasant are known to exist in the park. <br /><br />Mammals:<br />Mammals in the park include--Asiatic leopard (V), Black bear (T), Yellow throated marten (R), Kashmir hill fox (C), Red Flying squirrel (C), Himalayan palm civet (R), Masked civet (R) and Rhesus Macaque (C). <br /><br />Note: T=Threatened, V=Vulnerable, R=Rare, C=Common, ?=Unknown. <br /><br />Birds: <br />Birds in the park are--Golden eagle, Himalayan Griffon vulture, Honey buzzard, Peregrine falcon, Kestrel, Indian sparrow hawk, Hill pigeon, Spotted dove and Collared dove.<br /><br />(Soruece: www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ProtectedAreasofPakistan/Ayubi...)</div>Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-74133913650489470682011-03-29T15:22:00.001+05:002011-03-29T15:22:02.685+05:00Hello Mr.<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/5548798521/" title="Hello Mr."><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5017/5548798521_9c717f0283.jpg" alt="Hello Mr. by KashiftheGipsy" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/5548798521/">Hello Mr.</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/">KashiftheGipsy</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>This was taken in Jandali, near Banjusa lake, Rawlakot AJ Kashmir-Pakistan.</p>Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-784622183281568052011-03-29T15:21:00.001+05:002011-03-29T15:21:01.934+05:00Beautiful Pakistan_Beautiful Kashmir<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/5570198839/" title="Beautiful Pakistan_Beautiful Kashmir"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5570198839_d9a7a6e49e.jpg" alt="Beautiful Pakistan_Beautiful Kashmir by KashiftheGipsy" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/5570198839/">Beautiful Pakistan_Beautiful Kashmir</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/">KashiftheGipsy</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Bagh was part of the Poonch province in the Dogra days. After 1947 it became a sub-division (Thesil) of the Poonch district only to become a district in its own right in 1988. Linked to Muzaffarabad by two roads, one via Sudhan Gali (80Km) and the other through Kohala (97Km). It is situated 46Km from Rawalakot. Bagh is well known for its confectionery and bakery products.</p>Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-62696772074535688662011-01-04T12:42:00.000+05:002011-01-04T12:42:29.954+05:00Kalasha: The Sole Pagan Tribe of Pakistan: Indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities of Pakist...<a href="http://kalashapeople.blogspot.com/2011/01/indigenous-peoples-and-ethnic.html?spref=bl">Kalasha: The Sole Pagan Tribe of Pakistan: Indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities of Pakist...</a>: "Indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities of Pakistan: Constitutional and Legal Perspective By Shaheen Sardar Ali, Javaid Rehman The title o..."Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-86402081115871861902010-12-20T12:35:00.001+05:002010-12-20T12:35:55.134+05:00Mountain King Lizard<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/5177768745/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1436/5177768745_87272b82ff_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/5177768745/">Mountain King Lizard</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kashifthegipsy/">KashiftheGipsy</a></span></div>You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise you're just a lizard standing there with the sun shining on you.<br /><br />~Ken Kesey~<br /><br />This picture was taken on Pipe-Line Track in Ayubia National Park, Galliat Tracts-Pakistan.<br clear="all" />Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-15787213618355192882010-12-20T12:34:00.001+05:002010-12-20T12:34:49.865+05:00Queen of Ecstasy<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/5260626988/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5260626988_f79d966dfb_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/5260626988/">Queen of Ecstasy</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kashifthegipsy/">KashiftheGipsy</a></span></div>Dance, Dance and Dance to make happy gods.<br />Rumbor Valley, Hindukush, Chitral , Pakistan<br clear="all" />Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-44339396198219837852010-10-15T13:14:00.001+05:002010-10-15T13:14:20.960+05:00The most tangible of all visible mysteries - fire. (Leigh Hunt)Charagha
of Madho-Lal Hussain R.A<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/4478187357/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4478187357_b642f22745_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/4478187357/">The most tangible of all visible mysteries - fire. (Leigh Hunt)Charagha of Madho-Lal Hussain R.A</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kashifthegipsy/">KashiftheGipsy</a></span></div>Fire on Your Finger <br /><br />Fire on your finger, <br />Fire in your eye, <br />Fire in your spirit, <br />Fire that won’t die. <br /><br />Fire in the bare bones of being, <br />Fire to uphold what’s right, <br />Fire in the heart of darkness, <br />Fire to fuel Love’s light. <br /><br />Fire to burn but not consume,<br />Fire to learn and not assume,<br />Fire to live and give living room,<br />Fire to love and sing her tune.<br /> <br />Tony Jolley<br /><br />A mela (festival) is held in the month of March each year; this mela is associated with spring and Shah Hussain (Madho-Lal Hussain RA), a classic Punjbai poet of 16th century A.D. He was a contemporary of Akber the Great, Mughal Emperor. <br />(Picture was taken at the Urs (death ceremony) of Hazrat Madho-Lal Husain R.A)<br />Lahore-Pakistan<br clear="all" />Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-76805896762032947852010-10-15T13:13:00.001+05:002010-10-15T13:13:22.470+05:00Lahore: The City of Fervor & of Animated Folks<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/4856007159/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4856007159_c399b3571d_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/4856007159/">Lahore: The City of Fervor & of Animated Folks</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kashifthegipsy/">KashiftheGipsy</a></span></div>Lahore is the one of most the festivities town of the Pakistan. Life is at full peak here, always. It is called Sher-e-Zinda Dilan (the city of alive hearted people). The walled/inner/old city is famous for its architecture, food, dialect of Punjabi, festivals, traditions etc.<br />This is the picture of a small street of Walled City Lahore, decorated to celebrate Eid Milad-ul-Nabi (Birthday of Hazrat Muhammad (SAWW), on this occasion all the walled city is illuminated and decorated.<br clear="all" />Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-83339774274140807892010-10-15T13:09:00.001+05:002010-10-15T13:09:15.535+05:00King Edward Medical University<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/3493509706/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3658/3493509706_b08dd2fbd4_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/3493509706/">King Edward Medical University</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kashifthegipsy/">KashiftheGipsy</a></span></div><br clear="all" />Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-89104211209293045332010-10-15T13:08:00.005+05:002010-10-15T13:08:57.922+05:00Alamgiri Masjid<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/2941619035/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/2941619035_083ce394a1_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/2941619035/">Alamgiri Masjid</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kashifthegipsy/">KashiftheGipsy</a></span></div>Lahore catches many tourists annually because of rich history and historical monuments, tombs, shrines and Masajid. Alamgiri Masjid is Red Stone architecture of great Mughal Era.<br clear="all" />Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-23087673099778051682010-10-15T13:08:00.001+05:002010-10-15T13:08:39.400+05:00Gurr Making<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/2938876206/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/2938876206_fcf238c99a_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/2938876206/">Gurr Making</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kashifthegipsy/">KashiftheGipsy</a></span></div>Gurr, local kind of sugar, is being processed. Gurr is need of daily life and is also social element of Punjabi life, it is used as gift, and especially parents present it to their married daughters on special occasion.<br clear="all" />Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-36895264910892045212010-10-15T13:06:00.005+05:002010-10-15T13:06:43.471+05:00Queen of Love<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/3044050864/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/3044050864_ed90ae3247_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/3044050864/">Queen of Love</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kashifthegipsy/">KashiftheGipsy</a></span></div>This is snaps shot of Mughal Era painting placed in Lahore Museum.<br /><br />Begum Nur Jahan (Persian/Urdu: نور جهان ) (alternative spelling Noor Jahan, Nur Jehan, Nor Jahan, etc.) (1577 – 1645) also known as Mehr-un-Nisaa was an Indian empress of the Mughal Dynasty, of Persian origin whose tomb lies in Lahore, Pakistan.<br /><br />Begum Nur Jahan was the twentieth and favourite wife of Mughal Emperor Jahangir, who was her second husband - and the most famous Empress of the Mughal Empire. The story of the couple's infatuation for each other and the relationship that abided between them is the stuff of many (often apocryphal) legends. She remains historically significant for the sheer amount of imperial authority she wielded - the true "power behind the throne," as Jehangir was battling serious addictions to alcohol and opium throughout his reign - and is known as one of the most powerful women who ruled India with an iron fist.<br />The emperor Akbar died in 1605 and was succeeded by prince Salim, who took the regal name Jahangir. After her husband Sher Afghan (who was appointed as jagirdar of Bardhaman at that time) was killed in 1607, Mehr-un-Nisaa became a lady-in-waiting to one of the Jahangir's stepmothers, Ruqayya Sultana Begum. Ruqayya was the most senior woman in the harem and had been Akbar's first and principal wife and was also the daughter of Mirza Hindal. The father of Mehr-un-Nisaa was, at that time, a diwan to an amir-ul-umra, decidedly not a very high post.<br /><br />The year 1607 had not been particularly good for Mehr-un-Nisaa. Her family had fallen into disgrace. Her father, who had been holding important posts under Akbar and Jahangir, had succumbed to his only weakness, money, and had been charged with embezzlement. Moreover, due to possible involvement in the pro-Khusrau assassination attempt on Jahangir in 1607, two of Mehr-un-Nisaa's family members (one brother named Muhammad Sharif and her mother's cousin) were executed on the orders of the Emperor.<br /><br />In march 1611, her fortune took a turn for the better. She met the emperor Jehangir at the palace meena bazaar during the spring festival Nowruz Persian new year. Jahangir grew so infatuated by her beauty that he proposed immediately and they were married on May 25 of the same year becoming his twentieth wife.<br /><br />Mehr-un-Nisaa received the name Nur Mahal (Light of the Palace), upon her marriage in 1611 and was conferred the title Nur Jahan (Light of the world) in 1616. Jahangir's actual name was Nur-ud-din Muhammad, and thus the name that he gave to his wife was his own first name combined with the first part of his regal name.<br /><br />When Jahangir died in 1628, Nur Jahan's brother Asaf Khan took the side of his son-in-law Khurrum against his sister. It was Khurram who became the new Mughal emperor under the regal name Shah Jahan. Nur Jahan was confined to a comfortable mansion for the rest of her life.<br /><br />During this period, she paid for and oversaw the construction of her father's mausoleum in Agra, known now as Itmad-Ud-Daulah's Tomb, and occasionally composed Persian poems under the assumed name of Makhfi [1].<br /><br />Nur Jahan died in 1645 at age 68, and is buried at Shahdara Bagh in Lahore Pakistan in a tomb she had built herself, near the tomb of Jahangir. Her brother Asaf Khan's tomb is also located nearby. The tomb attracts many visitors, both Pakistani and foreign, who come to enjoy pleasant walks in its beautiful gardens. All had been personally laid out and designed by Nur Jahan herself.<br /><br />(Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nur_Jehan)">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nur_Jehan)</a><br clear="all" />Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010731715193026750.post-29582832982087474802010-10-15T13:06:00.003+05:002010-10-15T13:06:27.183+05:00Tomb of a DARBARI<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/3133848844/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/3133848844_02016b61d5_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kashifthegipsy/3133848844/">Tomb of a DARBARI</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kashifthegipsy/">KashiftheGipsy</a></span></div>Khan-eJahan Bahdur Zafer Jahan Kokaltash was the nobles (darbari) of Mughal emperor Arunagzaib Alamgir. He died in 1697 and the tomb must have been constructed in the same time. The building is octagonal in plan with high arches on each side and stands on octagonal platform. The entire building is constructed in cut brick work without any use of red stands stone which makes it significant among other buildings of that Era.<br clear="all" />Kashifthegipsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949460536165464130noreply@blogger.com0