Ride to Noor Mahal Sarai

The Sarai Mahal is a major tourist destination in Nurmahal town, Jalandhar in Punjab. It is a fine example of oriental architecture of the Mughals, their faith and the sense of kinship between the most powerful Rajput kings and valiant Kachchawahas of Punjab state. This historical Sarai Mahal is being looked after by the Archaeological Department of Punjab. The entire structure of this magnificent monument is in the definite form of a quadrangle consisting 140 cells and spread out over four gateways. Nurmahal is situated 16 miles south of Jalandhar, 25 miles east south-east of Sultanpur and 13 miles west of Pahlor. The serai was built on a site measuring 551 square feet. It had octagonal towers at the corners. The western gateway, called Lahore gate is double-storied and built in red sandstone. Its front is divided into panels ornamented in sculptured relief. There were figures of angels, lotuses, nymphs, lions, elephants, birds, peacocks, men on horseback, etc. The scenes represented by many of these had scenes of elephant fight or four horsemen playing Chaugan.  Over the entrance to the gateway is an inscription, flanked by scenes of fighting animals and sculpted lotus mounds.

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