Baoli Bagh

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 Baoli Bagh is an old stepwell built to preserve and access water in the times when Lahore had no modern water supply system. Located in the historical areas near the Lahore Fort, this deep and wide well reflects the intelligent engineering of the Mughal period. Stone steps lead down to the water level, allowing people to collect water during dry seasons. Once essential for daily life, today Baoli Bagh stands as a quiet reminder of how ancient civilizations respected and managed natural resources. Though mostly forgotten by the busy modern city, it remains an important archaeological and cultural site.Behind the Golden Mosque Bhikari Khan is a baoli or large well, with steps descending to the edge of the water. The well was dug by Arjan, the fifth sikh Guru, in the time of Jahangir and had a large alms house attached to it. In the time of his successor, Guru Har Gobind, owing to a quarrel between the Guru and the Qazi of Lahore, the Baoli, with all the buildings attached to it was confiscated to the state, and in the place of Langar khana a mosque was built in 1890. The Maharaja, having fallen dangerously ill, was advised by his astrologers to reopen the Baoli and Bathe with its water, which would cure him. He acted accordingly, and is said to have been cured by the bath. He lost no time in demolishing the mosque, and constructed buildings consisting of rooms, chambers and balconies. The place is highly respected by the Hindus, who hold all their important meetings there. The Granth or holy book, wrapped up in a valuable cloth, is placed on a raised platform, and the great kettle-drum is beaten every morning and evening to awaken the faithful to a sense of their duty to the creator. After the death of Ranjeet Singh and to the current period there are no traces in history that what happened to the Baoli and how it reached to this condition of barren garden having no Baoli. Presently the entrance of the Baoli is encroached by shopkeepers and nobody could apprehend what happened to the huge structure which once standing there.

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