Heritage record
Pakora Traditional House
Gilgit-BaltistanBuildingProtected
This traditional house is, interestingly, called a shikari in the local Shina language, which translates to watchtower. This particular traditional house is named Muhammad Shah Shikari, after its builder. The fact that this house is located on a raised area, with a panoramic view of the whole village, may be the reason for its nomenclature. The house has two portions: one is for family residence, and the other an animal shed. Its wooden ceiling is supported by wooden beams and columns with capitals.
- Record ID
- 8246
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Astore
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Building
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.24798, 74.90697 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Dani, Ahmed Hassan. (2001). History of Northern Areas of Pakistan: Up to 2000 A.D. Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore.
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