Kiran Wooden Graves

The Neelum Valley is blessed with most plentiful timber resources. It is a mountainous region that houses rich forests. Northern Area are in the north, KP province of Pakistan is in the west and Srinagar is in the east of Neelum Valley. These areas as a connection through centuries but have their own architectural traditions based on their histories and religions. Material used for the construction of the houses is undressed simple wooden logs or planks. The forests are characterized by dense of trees. This house is erected on stone base of 1.90 m of high. It is double story house built of wooden structure. Entrance of the house is provided on the north side, by a wooden ladder. The house can be divided into three parts. The ground floor is used for sheltering cattle and storage of wood and grass for animal. The floor of ground floor is made of thick wooden deodar planks. The first floor has four rooms with a gallery (portico) on front decorated with carved pillars. The floor has four rooms used as kitchen, dining, sleeping area and washroom. The kitchen has three hearths and an iron structure called Bukhara hangs above the hearth to warm the house.