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Mela Chiraghan or Mela Shalamar (Festival of Lights) is a three-day annual festival to mark the urs (death anniversary) of the Punjabi Sufi poet and saint Shah Hussain.It takes place at the shrine of Shah Hussain in Baghbanpura, on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, adjacent to the Shalamar Gardens.
The Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) is an international literary festival held annually in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The festival is considered to be one of South Asia's premier cultural events. [1] The UNESCO Creative Cities Network added Lahore to its number in 2019, less than a year after the head of the UNESCO City of Literature Heidelberg ...
Festival; 23-26: February: Pakistan Flower Show: Flower Show at Karachi: February–March: Jashn-e-Baharaan: The celebrations with the start of Spring season 23: March: Pakistan Day: Republic Day and to commemorate the Lahore Resolution: 28: May: Youm-e-Takbir: Celebrated in commemoration of the first Nuclear test 14: August: Independence Day
In 2004, Nawa-i-Waqt, a Pakistani daily opposed Basant Panchami celebrations in Pakistan, arguing that the festival celebrated Haqiqat Rai's insult of Muhammad. [19] One major reason for the ban; a lawyer from Lahore challenged the Basant in the Lahore High Court on religious grounds. To persuade the court, the lawyer asserted that Basant was a ...
Pakistan holidays are celebrated according to the Islamic or local Pakistani calendars for religious and civil purposes, respectively. Religious holidays such as Eid are celebrated according to the Islamic calendar whereas other national holidays such as Labour Day, [1] Pakistan Day, Independence Day, and Quaid-e-Azam Day are celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar.
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Celebrating Mela Chiraghan. Mela Chiraghan or Mela Shalimar (Punjabi: میلہ چراغاں; "Festival of Lights") is a three-day annual festival to mark the urs (death anniversary) of the Punjabi poet and Sufi saint Shah Hussain (1538 – 1599) who lived in Lahore in the 16th century.
Festival Date Observed (from year to year dates vary) Pictures Description Mela Chiraghan (Varies) Shrine of Maddho Lal Hussein, Lahore: Mela Chiraghan is a three-day annual festival to mark the urs (death anniversary) of the Punjabi Sufi poet and saint Shah Hussain (1538-1599) [16] who lived in Lahore in the 16th century.