Heritage record
Thaghas Khanqah and Astana
Gilgit-BaltistanTombProtected
Thaghas is an old settlement in the area and home to three monuments. The large Khanqah is 350 years old, which is located in a prominent place in Thaghas, having a large prayer hall with huge wooden columns and meditation rooms lining the northern and southern sides and ornamented ceilings. On both sides above the cells, woman galleries are available. On southern side of the Khanqah, the Astanas / shrines of two great saints of Mir Arif and Mir Ishaq are located. The shrines are constructed with beautifully decorated windows with detail wooden screens.
- Record ID
- 7854
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Ghanche
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tomb
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.21729, 76.46316 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Anonymous. (Miscellaneous). Tourism, Sports, Culture, Archaeology & Museum Department Gilgit-Baltistan. Miscellaneous.
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