5/5 Nisar Balhro S. 6 years ago on Google • 2118 reviews
some
200-250
years
back
at
this
place
was
a
platform
(thalla/tharra)
under
a
huge
Pepal
tree
where
used
to
meditate
a
saint
called
Shah
Majeed.
Both
Muslims
and
Hindus
used
to
pay
their
respect
to
him.
When
he
died,
he
was
buried
on
the
same
platform.
Veneration
continued
and
with
passage
of
time
the
place
started
to
be
called
Chowk
Majeed.
It
continued
to
be
so
called
in
the
municipal
record
of
the
year
1864
and
1884.
The
license
for
Taazia
Kamangaran
used
to
be
issued
“via
Shah
Majeed”.
Wasti,
author
of
Aina
-i-Multan
(1985)
quotes
and
asserts
that
for
quite
some
time
there
was
a
lot
of
Muslim
property
around
this
platform
but
gradually
Hindus
purchased
the
entire
property.
They
built
four
walls
around
this
platform.
During
the
Hindu-Muslim
riots
of
1884,
Hindus,
placed
idols
on
this
platform
and
gradually,
the
Muslims
forgot
that
a
Muslim
saint
is
buried
under
this
platform
and
Hindus
were
encouraged
to
build
a
temple
over
it
in
1944
however
the
structure
still
continues
to
be
called
as
Mandar
Shah
Majeed.
The
temple
is
made
of
white
plaster
finely
completed
to
a
marble
like
finish.
It
has
a
petit
balcony
above
its
entrance
behind
which
stands
the
mandappa
(main
spire)
of
the
temple.
Inscriptions
in
Hindi
are
rendered
in
stucco
work
and
so
are
the
decorative
motifs.
Access
is
through
Chowk
Bazaar.
The
temple
is
situated
at
the
corner
of
Bazaar
and
a
street.
Unfortunately
much
of
the
temples
elegance
has
been
obscured
by
a
web
of
electrical
wires
and
a
cluster
of
transformers.
The
temple
is
in
a
complete
state
of
neglect
but
has
withstood
the
onslaught
of
time.
Some
of
its
features
still
retain
elegance.
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