Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts

Monday, July 25, 2011

Isolation


What's the point in all this screaming, no one's listening anyway
What's the point of all this care, when no one cares for you

But I want someone to know me,
Maybe tell me who I am..

Because all am left with is ISOLATION...
nothing more, nothing less then this...


Photography & Poetry © Ubaid Ullah Ahmed



Saturday, July 23, 2011

Namazgah



Location: Masjid Wazir Khan

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Let the birds fly - Masjid Wazir Khan


And as I entered, The birds started to fly creating a scenic beauty

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Qutb-ud-din Aibak's Mausoleum


As you turn in the small street of Anarkali you see the Mausoleum of Sultan Qutb-ud-din Aibak



Mausoleum of Sultan Qutb-ud-din Aibak

Sultan Qutb-ud-din Aibak also called "Lakh Baksh Sultan" (the donator of hundreds of thousands)was the first Muslim king of Northwest India who ruled from his capital in Delhi where he built Qutub Minar and the Quwwat Al Islam mosque and now Qutb-ud-din Aibak's tomb is located behind Anarkali bazaar which is present after being renovated at the orders of the Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1970.



Qutb-ud-Din Aibak was a very avid player of polo, he died in Lahore in 1210 A.D., while playing the game.


A bottom to top shot view of the mausoleum


The grave of Qutb ud Din Aibak in Anarkali, Lahore, Pakistan.



Detailing and view of the Quranic wordings on the wall of the mausoleum


The side walls which surround the mausoleum


Chiraaga

Two pieces of these are attached on the entrance where diya's are lit up to enlighten the entrance of the mausoleum

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Dar-e-Khuda


Na tha kuch toh khuda tha, kuch na hota to khuda hota
Duboya mujhko hone ne, na hota main to kya hota ?

Standing in front of this door leading me to the pious house
I wait, I stare, and I wish that it bounds me in a spell of no return...

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Khushnuma


Khushnuma sa ye roshan ho jahaan
Khwaab jeenay ke poorey ho yahaan
Zindagi se yun miley
Koi pal na rootha sa
Jisme khud se bade dooriyan
Khushnuma sa ye roshan ho jahaan
Khwaab jeenay ke poorey ho yahaan
Zindagi se yun miley
Koi pal na rootha sa
Jisme khud se bade dooriyan

May this beautiful sight
diminish all the sorrows

Monday, November 8, 2010

The Art of Dying



Qabar banti hai
Aur Maqbaray bhi
Farq kya hai mitne aur mitanay main?

dying is an intricately
pieced together work of art.
it takes an artist to die.

There is the slowing stutter of a heart
A faint echo of a life once lived
A reminder of what we miss the most
Death is indeed an art itself...



© Ubaid Ullah Ahmed & Purple

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Goonj



Goonjti hai meri awaz in chaar deewariyon main
Laut ke aati hai kai baar
Unn aah-o-zariyon main
Ke fanaa hone se pehle...

khuda ko yaad karlen
shayd ussay humari koi baat pasand ajaye...


© Ubaid Ullah Ahmed & Purple

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Spirit (Day 15 of 30)


I love it when you bow in your mosques, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Sang-o-khisht



"Wuhi jahan hai tira jis ko tu kare paida
Yeh sang-o-khisht naheen jo tiree nigah men hai"

- Iqbal

Your world is (only) the one which you create yourself,
Not these stones and bricks, which are in sight

Monday, June 14, 2010

The Prominent Green


To be with you in these explosions
To be with you in the time of crisis
To be with you in these disasters
Is not a decision which is forced upon me
It is what I desire, I choose
To see this PROMINENT GREEN standing out its color
To see the prominent green in front of my eyes
To see our country, our flag and its colors stand out
Stand out even in the time of darkness....
Be proud, Be a true Pakistani


 © Ubaid Ullah Ahmed

Monday, May 31, 2010

Expo Center Lahore


The New building of EXPO CENTER......

Expo Lahore (Pvt) Limited is an autonomous body jointly owned by the Government of Pakistan (through Ministry of Commerce/Trade Development Authority of Pakistan) and Government of the Punjab (through Industries Department) with a mandate to design, develop, operate and promote a state-of-the-art Expo Centre at Johar Town Lahore. Expo Centre Lahore will provide a platform of international standard to the manufacturers, exporters, traders and service providers to effectively introduce and market their products and services through exhibitions, trade fairs and conferences.



-- Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Badshahi mosque - At a distance

Friday, February 26, 2010

Badshahi Mosque - At sunset


The Badshahi Mosque (بادشاھی مسجد) or "Emperor's Mosque" was built in 1673 by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in Lahore, Pakistan. It is one of the Lahore's best known landmarks and a major tourist attraction epitomising the beauty and grandeur of the Mughal era.

And yes at sunset it amazes you even more!!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Retro Hall


I think there's something cool and retro about this

Museum main hall
Lahore, Pakistan

Sunday, March 29, 2009

At an ANGLE


Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy