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Photo: Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of PakistanField guides / Punjab / Sheranwala Garden Baradari
Field guide · Heritage
This Baradari was built by Maharaja Ranjit Sing, during his reign.
It is a good specimen of Sikh period secular architecture of pavilion type. Its interior is richly decorated in frescoes, depicting floral, geometrical and animal designs. The other important features of it are its carved wooden doors which have been finished in delicate and elaborate geometrical and flower patterns.
Why go
Mahan Singh led the Sukerchakia misl and died in 1790; his samadhi stands just outside the garden's north-eastern corner. His son Ranjit Singh, born in Gujranwala in 1780, went on to found the Sikh Empire. The baradari is richly frescoed with floral, geometric and animal designs and fitted with finely carved wooden doors. It was damaged in the 1992 riots that followed the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, and later restored under a government project.
One of the earliest surviving Sikh-period garden buildings, predating the Sikh Empire itself, in the town where its founder was born.
A garden pavilion built by Ranjit Singh's father, with his samadhi a few steps outside the wall.
Planning tip
Best Time to Visit, October to March.
Getting there, Gujranwala sits on the GT Road roughly 80 km north of Lahore.
Allow, About an hour.
Straight-line distance from Sheranwala Garden Baradari, within 30 km.
