Lower Kachura Lake
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| Lower Kachura Lake | |
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| زیریں کچورا جھیل | |
 View of the lakeside Shangrila Resort | |
  Lower Kachura Lake  Lower Kachura Lake  Lower Kachura Lake | |
| Location | Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 35°25′36″N 75°27′18″E / 35.4266666667°N 75.455°E |
| Average depth | 70 metres (230 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) |
Lower Kachura Lake, also known as Shangrila Lake, is a lake located near the city of Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.[1] Situated at the height of 2,500 metres (8,200 ft), it has had an operational resort for tourists on its bank since 1983. Through the architectural work of the resort and the background Karakoram hills, the landscapes of the lake make it one of the attractive tourist destinations within the northern Pakistan.[2][3][4]
Shangrila Resort
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Shangrila Resort Hotel was established in 1983 with the opening of the first resort hotel in Skardu.[5] The Shangrila Resort Hotel was founded by Aslam Khan Afridi, a Pakistani military officer who served as the first commander of the Northern Scouts of the Pakistan Army.[6] His son, Arif Aslam Khan is currently the chairman of the resort management.[1] The resort is known for its restaurant that is built in the fuselage of an aircraft that had crashed nearby.[2]
The resort was named after Shangri-La, an idyllic Himalayan paradise described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon written by the British novelist James Hilton. In the novel, Hilton narrates a tale in which the surviving passengers of an early–1920s airplane crash encounter a group of Buddhist monks from a nearby temple, who answer the passengers' call for help and take them to a lamasery filled with a variety of fruits and flowers; the monks claim to be hundreds of years old, but appear youthful in their appearance.[7][8] The seemingly earthly paradise is referred to as Shangri-La, a Tibetan-language word meaning, "heaven on Earth".
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bukhari, Syed Mehdi (9 April 2015). "Skardu: An embodiment of nature's perfection". Dawn Newspaper. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ a b c Patnaik, Rhonita (14 August 2019). "Shangrila Resort: A popular Pakistani haven". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ Brohi, Imad (10 August 2018). "My road trip to Khunjerab and Skardu via the engineering marvel that is the Karakoram Highway". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ a b J., Muhammad Ibrahim (14 October 2017). "Baltistan through my lens". Dawn. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "Upper and Lower Kachura, Skardu". Youlin Magazine.
- ^ Adeeb, M.M. (25 August 2024). "سکردو میں کچھ دن.... !" [Some days in Skardu.... !]. Daily Ausaf (in Urdu). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ "Shangrilla Lake - Skardu". www.pakimag.com. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ Shangrila, Resort. "Shangrila a Mythical Place from James Hilton Novel to a Lake Resort in Skardu". www.skardu.pk. Skardu.pk. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Pakistani photo wins first place in Wiki Loves Earth contest 2015". Dawn. 17 October 2015.
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