Pakpattan

Pakpattan is a city of 177,000 people (2017) in Punjab (Pakistan). Pakpattan is the seat of Pakistan's Chisti order of Sufism, and is a major pilgrimage destination on account of the shrine of Fariduddin Ganjshakar, the renowned Punjabi poet and Sufi saint commonly referred to as Baba Farid. The annual urs fair in his honour draws an estimated 2 million visitors to the town.

Understand
Punjabi is the native spoken language but Urdu is also widely understood. Haryanvi also called Rangari is spoken among Ranghar, Rajput. Meo have their own language which is called Mewati.

Get in
It is 205 km from Multan, 40 km (25 mi) from the border with India, and 184 km (114 mi) by road southwest of Lahore.

See

 * Other shrines in Pakpatan
 * Darbar Hazrat Khawaja Aziz Makki Sarkar
 * Khawaja Amoor ul Hasan
 * Khawaja Amoor ul Hasan

Eat
Tosha is a special sweet which was produced first in Pakpattan.

Go next

 * Arifwala