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Pakistan has a number of shrines that have become places of pilgrimage.They include mausolea and shrines of political leaders (of both pre-independence and post-independence Pakistan), shrines of religious leaders and pirs (saints) and shrines of leaders of various Islamic empires and dynasties.
The eight-sided, 350 yards (320 m) long fort boundary encloses a cloister courtyard, with the main temple shrine at the center. [15] In the courtyard is a brass-coated tortoise, 20 feet (6.1 m) in diameter. [15] The temple is built in Hemadpanthi architecture style, [citation needed] consisting of an outer square hall and an inner sanctum.
The shrine was relatively unknown until the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, claimed in 1899 that it is actually the tomb of Jesus. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This view is maintained by Ahmadis today, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] though it is rejected by the local caretakers of the shrine, one of whom said "the theory that Jesus is buried anywhere ...
Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden at Willesden, London, England; Shrine of Saint Alban in St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, England ; Shrine of Saint Aldhelm in Malmesbury Abbey, Malmesbury, England ; Shrine of Saint Boniface in the Church of the Holy Cross and the Mother of Him who Hung Thereon, Crediton, England
Shrine of Jahangasht His descendants use the surname Naqvi Bukhari , and belong to the Naurang Jahania family Some of them migrated to Jalalpur Pirwala , Depalpur , Karmanwala and Tando Jahania in Sindh creating a sizeable community, whilst others migrated to many other places within the subcontinent.
The site is located in the south-west corner of Uch, a historical city founded by Alexander the Great, [2] in the Bahawalpr state and Punjab province of Pakistan. [1] Uch, locally known as Uch Sharif, is known as the home of the "shrine culture" because of its cultural significance and the presence of several monuments and shrines.
The shrine is believed by many to be the oldest Shinto shrine in Japan, even predating the Ise Grand Shrine. A style of architecture, taisha-zukuri, takes its name from the main hall of Izumo-taisha. That hall, and the attached buildings, were designated National Treasures of Japan in 1952. According to tradition, the hall was previously much ...
The shrine was originally established as a simple grave next to the mosque which Ali Hujwiri had built on the outskirts of Lahore in the 11th century. [1] By the 13th century, the belief that the spiritual powers of great Sufi saints were attached to their burial sites was widespread in the Muslim world, [3] and so a larger shrine was built to commemorate the burial site of Hujwiri during the ...