Description
This monument known as Sher Singh samadh and baradari is located in the close vicinity of shrine Hazrat Shah Bilawal, 1046 AH/1636 AD, popularly known Bilore/ Bilol Shah. This site on the bank of the Ravi River was inhabited by the saint, who established a Khanqah (monastery) in the midst of a garden full of flowering and fruit trees and a hauz (tank). Due to the changing course of the river Ravi, part of the enclosure wall was swept away. With intentions to save it from the flooding Ravi, Maharaja Ranjit Singh ordered to shift the body of Shah Bilawal and buried in its present shrine. Maharaja Sher Singh, the son of Ranjit Singh, after making necessary alterations and additions used the place as one of his favorite summer houses on the bank of river Ravi. Sher Singh was killed here accidentally by a gun exploded when he was examining it. The monument, despite of its prominent physical existence hemmed in by modern structures all around. At present there are no signs of any prominent architectural elements or decorative renderings, and it is simple structure of masonry work. The reason could be the death of Sher Singh after which there was complete anarchy in Sikh government.
