Heritage record
Khanqah-e-Moallah Parana
Gilgit-BaltistanTombProtected
This Khanqah is situated in Pharawa (Gul shan-e-Kabir), on the left bank of the Saltoro River some fifty km away from the town of Khaplu. There is a mosque on the southern side of the Khanqah, and a new Astana (sacred tomb) on its eastern side. The building is structured with a cribbage and cator system involving stone, timber and mud. It has a square plan with a verandah on its eastern side, which is decorated with wooden latticework and arches. Meditation chambers line the northern and southern sides of the main hall. The space over the meditation chambers is used by females for prayer.
- Record ID
- 8203
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Ghanche
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tomb
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.19467, 76.52882 — 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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