Sri lanka media team in Lahore
By Chandana wijekoon Ffrom pakistan
Lahore City
Lahore is 2nd largest city of Pakistan, being Pakistan’s industrial and cultural base. It was wondering it’s always like this! It was magnificent to see such a splendid scene. On every electricity pole, there were handing baskets of flowers, different kinds of flowers in many colours. The middle of the road was also decorated with different kind of flowers. The Lahore city’s roads were decorated by the Park and Horticulture Authority (PHA) . According to the information the PHA had almost completed the beautification of the roads at the cost of 1.2 million Pakistani Rupees. there were more than 700 flower baskets which had been hung from the electricity poles on the roadsides.
Lahore Museum
This museum is the oldest and one of the best in Pakistan. It was founded on in 1864. The museum’s first curator was John Lockwood Kipling, the father of Rudyard Kipling, the famous writer who wrote “Kim”.
The different categories of displays ranged from coin collections and paintings to sculptures and religious art. Among these collections are notable examples of Gandaharan sculpture. Including the outstanding and deservedly famous bronze sculpture of the “Fasting Buddha” , which is estimated to have been made around the 2nd century BC in the Lahore Museum collection there were also Thangka painting, statues from Nepal, and one model of a temple from India.
Lahore Fort
Lahore Fort has some similarity to the Red Fort of Delhi and also the Red Fort at Agra in India, all being built for a dual purpose, as fortifications as well as royal dwellings. This masterpiece of architecture is another creation of the Mughal Emperors. It covered a vast area, and was adorned with carvings in the red sandstone and the marble. There were many colourful works of art to be seen, such a painted frescoes depicting royal pleasures. Because of this lavish ornamentation, it was easy to see it as being more of a palace than a fortress. Each succeeding Mughal Emperor had added their own touches to this palatial Fort from 1180 to until the beginning of the British Raj. Among the places we saw that day were the Alamgiri Gate, Shah Burj Gate, Hathi Paer, Sesh Mahal (palace of mirrors), Naulakha Bunga(so named because it cost Shah Jahan nine lakh, or 900,000 rupees to build). Khilwat Khana, Paien Bagh and more places.
