A fine Wednesday morning it was when the students of BNU set off to explore the Lahore museum and its surrounding areas. The Lahore museum built over a 100 years ago is an interesting place to see as it contains not only ancient preservations from one religion but many. The main religions include Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.
As we entered the museum, we saw pictures of Mughals painted on small ivory pieces.
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Painting on ivory
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Turning left from here, we entered the Buddhist section of the museum. Over there we saw Buddha's life story carved out on wood/stone.Buddha (real name Siddharhta) went on a journey to attain enlightenment through fasting surviving on a single grain of rice, thus he came to be known as "the Fasting Buddha". Apparently, Buddha had been born a staggering 150 times.
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Buddha
Moving further inside the museum we entered the Hindu section. Here we saw Hindu God's and the emblem of India which is an adaption of the Sarnath Lion capital of Ashoka.
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Hanuman
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| Emblem of India |
The Islamic section had some interesting showcases of pieces of clothes and jewellery worn by the Mughals. Carpets,pottery,wooden doors used in the Mughal era had all been neatly placed for everyone to see.
Furthermore we saw paintings made by famous artists, pictures of Mohammad Ali Jinnah's lifetime and beautiful coins which had changed during the years.
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| Islamic Section |
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| Coins |
As our tour of the Museum ended before 12pm, we decided to have Brunch at Anarkali, Lahore's oldest bazaar. My friends and I then stuffed our faces with chanaay and puri. Finally, our day ended as we all headed back towards BNU City Campus.
I would like to conclude my day as an amazing experience into the old,rich and traditional cultures and religions that came into existence and have been preserved under one building.
Love,
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