Bhati Gate
بھاٹی دروازه
The façade of Bhati Gate
31°34′44″N 74°18′35″E / 31.5790°N 74.3096°E / 31.5790; 74.3096
LocationLahore, Punjab, Pakistan
TypeCity gate
Bhati Gate
بھاٹی دروازہ
Union Council
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab
CityLahore
ZoneRavi
Union councilUC 37
Government
 • TypeCity Council
 • ChairmanX

Bhati Gate (Urdu: بھاٹی دروازه, Bhati Darwaza) is one of the historic thirteen gates of the Walled City of Lahore in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Bhati Gate also serves as a union council located in the Ravi Zone.[1]

The gate is located near Data Darbar and is similar in design to Kashmiri Gate.

Background

Bhati Gate entrance is located on the western wall of the Old City.[2] It is one of the two oldest entry points into the Walled City which controlled the only major north-south thoroughfare during Ghaznavid period. The gate is said to be named after the Bhati Clan.

History

It is Named After Great Bhati Warriors.[3] When Emperor Akbar expanded the city eastward and divided it into nine districts, Bhati Gate and its bazar marked the boundary between Mubarak Khan in the east, and Talwarra in the west.

The famed poet Allama Iqbal lived in a house near Bhati gate between 1901 and 1905.[4]

Environs

The neighbourhood inside the gate features colonial and Sikh era architecture

Bhati Gate is known historically as a centre for arts and literature in Old Lahore.[5] The area inside the gate is well known throughout the city for its food. Just outside Bhati Gate is Data Durbar, the mausoleum of the Sufi saint Ali Hajweri (also known as Data Sahib Ganjbaksh). Every Thursday evening musicians used to gather here to perform Qawwali music, though these are sometimes replaced with Naats and religious sermons.

The gate serves as the starting point for Lahore's Hakiman Bazaar, and is located near the Fakir Khana Museum. Near the gate is also located the Old City's Oonchi Mosque. Bhati Gate also serves as Union Council 29 (UC 29) in Tehsil Ravi of Lahore City District.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Neighbourhoods list in 9 Zones of Lahore (see page 2 of 8 for Bhati Gate) The Punjab Gazette, Government of the Punjab website, Published 22 August 2017, Retrieved 19 April 2022
  2. ↑ "Preserving heritage: Historical Bhatti Gate to get a facelift". The Express Tribune. 29 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bhati Gate| Pakistan Tourism Portal". paktourismportal.com. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Iqbal's memories inside Bhatti Gate". Pakistan Today (newspaper). 11 June 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  5. ↑ Nadeem Dar (9 January 2016). "The Chelsea of Lahore today (Bhati Gate)". Pakistan Today (newspaper). Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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