Keenjhar Lake, Thatta

Keenjhar is located inside district Thatta and boasts to be the country's largest freshwater lake. It provides Karachi with its drinking water.

The lake is also associated with the legendary Sindhi love story of Noori & Jam Tamachi. Noori was a local fisher woman and Jam Tamachi was a chieftain and yet against all odds they became one.

The grave of Mayi Noori is situated in the middle of the great lake.

Keenjhar from space

The road alongside Keenjhar

A camel....just wandering, enjoying i guess :)

The gates that let water into the lake

Gate opening mechanism

A boat house

Along the banks

The gates that let water out of the lake

The canal that feeds Karachi

The Shah Jahan Mosque, Thatta

Jamia Masjid Thatta, or the Shah Jahani Mosque, built around 1647CE. The Mogul emperor Shah Jahan commissioned this mosque to glorify the city of Thatta the then capital of a province with the same name. He had deep association with the town, because he had served as its governor back when he was a prince.
I had this monument up on my list for quite some time and luckily I was able to pay a visit. The mosque is just glorious with its colorful design and the characteristic acoustics of Persian style mosques where a person doesn't need a loudspeaker while standing inside the structure to be heard throughout the mosque, this has been achieved by building a series of domes.

                               

The most beautiful inside of a dome I've ever laid my eyes upon.

One of the smaller domes.

The Necropolis of Makli, in Thatta

Thatta is an ancient city, older than the time of Alexander the great. It reached its zenith under the Moguls as a port city and the capital of the surrounding province also called Thatta back then.
Close to the old town lies one of the biggest necropolises in the world, the Makli Hill necropolis. It contains hundreds and thousands of graves including those of sufi saints, rulers & generals. The cemetery is about 400 years old.