Multan pakistan History and Important places (Part 1)
Multan is situated in south of Punjab.This is 210 miles from lahore and roughly more than 500 miles from Islamabad which is capital of pakistan.
Multan (Urdu: مُلتان), (Saraiki: مُلتان); is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. The city is located on the banks of the Chenab River which is hardy 18 kilometer or 25 minutes drive from Multan.There are two routes ,one goes from the cantonment area and other is through bypass which starts from New bus stand (Nwan Busoon wala adda).
Multan is the oldest living civilization almost more than 5000 years Harrapa excavation is around 4000 years old civilization which is 88 miles from Multan.
Multan is known as the City of Sufis or City of Saints and Madinat-ul-Auliya because of the large number of shrines and Sufi saints buried in Multan.
This is the birthplace of Fariduddin Ganjshakar popularly known as Baba Farid, recognized as the first major poet of the Punjabi language.
Multan is located in a bend created by five rivers of central Pakistan. The Sutlej River separates it from Bahawalpur which is just 60 kilometer and the Chenab River from Muzaffar Garh which is hardly 16 kilometer.On the north side there is Khanewal which is 34 kilometer.Another city Vehari that is also 100 kilometer .
Multan is famous for its crops: wheat, cotton and sugar cane as well as mangoes, citrus, guavas and pomegranates.Basically multan is famous for its delicious mangoes.There are best variety of mangoes and some people believes that these are the best in the world.This is because of the land which really give such sweet taste to these mangoes.Multan is alos famous in winter for Multani Sohan halwa.This is a type of sweets.
The overwhelming majority of the people are Muslims. However, the city does have some remnant Sikh and Hindu communities within the district that stayed after partition. There are also some temples and Gurdwaras that have survived within the city.One of the gurdavara is on Qilla Qasim ( Fort qasim) near the tomb of Shah Rkin e Alam.There are good numbers of intact churches.One of the church is in the cantonment area and this is really in good position.
( Continued ) May 19, 2013