Saidpur
awahid, life, photography September 8th, 2008
The Saidpur village near Margala road, Islamabad Pakistan is a beautiful old heritage that has been preserved by CDA. It is becoming a center of attraction for many tourists because of its more than 100 years old history.
The Persian book ‘Kaigor Namah’ beautifully describes the place [Saidpur] during the visit of the Mughal commander Raja Man Singh in about 1580. It was a garden resort with a number of natural streams supplying water for drinking and irrigation…Raja Man Singh was so enamored by the village that he turned it into a place of religious worship. He constructed raised platforms, walled enclosures and a number of kunds (ponds) called Rama kunda, Sita kunda, Lakshaman kunda and Hanuman kunda named after the characters of the Hindu epic Ramayana. Saidpur was declared a pilgrim center and Rama kunda was preserved right up to 1947.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Wow!! this is beautiful!! and looks soooo peaceful!
September 10th, 2008 at 1:45 am
sure does.
September 12th, 2008 at 2:53 am
saidpur village is lucky enough that it has been preserved by CDA and declared model village, as CDA has no positive attitude history toward village. but still i have concerns about CDA, i hope that the preservation of saidpur by CDA is not like our governers’ promises
September 12th, 2008 at 4:02 am
One should have positive approach, and hope for the best.
September 13th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Kitne pyari tasaweer hein.. thx for sharing
September 13th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
This is amazing!
I was putting up this slide show about Islamabad, and i used some of your photos on flickr….what a co-incidence!!
Its good i caught you before i put up the post: do you want me to link them back to your blog? If you want, i can do that instead of linking them back the Flickr. (that’s just for the ones i display… some, contained in the links will just go back to the Flickr profile b/c the copyright issues.)
As usual, amazing pictures.
September 14th, 2008 at 4:45 am
@misspecs you can link back to my flickr and when you use them please do let me know.
Thanks waqas and misspecs for appreciating.
September 14th, 2008 at 6:55 am
yes,can you tell me where is it from parliament house.margalla road.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Its not that hard to find. while on margalla road on the way from parliament towards Pir Sohawa you can easily see the wooden arrow of Saidpur pointing towards the small road, near a white mosque, it will lead you to the village.
I hope It works for you.
September 14th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Truely amazing ! am bound to visit it next time am in isb !thanks for sharing
September 16th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Very clear pictures – how did you get your copyright on it?
September 16th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
@Asma
I am a photographer and these pictures are taken by me.
September 16th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
@sana you are most welcome, let me know If you need anything.
September 18th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Hi,
just wanted to say I browsed thru your Flickr collection and it is amazing! I especially loved those smoke pics. How did u do them?
Other pics I liked:
LOL!!)
- Best Friend protecting the bench
- Both Monument pics
- crystal (TOTALLY amazing!!)
- Muree church (althou would have liked if those 2 guys weren’t in the frame!
September 21st, 2008 at 8:13 am
@shysoul
Thanks
those two guys were very my fellow photographers and we were loosing the light so every body was in a rush.
October 14th, 2008 at 12:20 am
Beautiful! I’ve always loved pakistani culture, and you’ve really capture that aspect ..
October 16th, 2008 at 11:14 am
thanks sid.
and thanks for visiting