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Khan-e-Gah, monestary or abbey played a pivotal role in spreading Islam in the sub-continent. Traditionally they were set up by Sufi travellers coming to sub-contintent from central asia, would stop over near a village or a town and call that place home.
These people constitute the famous Sufi orders, the school of thought of the Mystical side of Islam.
At times the Sufi masters would leave behind their pupils or 'Mureed's' who when would eventually pass away, would have a bit of a mausoleum built over their graves, with a massive tree over the grave and have green flags erected all over. A Hallmark of a Sufi's final resting place.
I first spotted this Khan-e-Gah over 12 years ago when there only used to be a grave with an engraved headstone which has now turned into a full-blown Mausoleum with a Mosque adjacent to it. Making more obvious, the general shift of the public interest back towards religion.
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Interesting. I never heard of this before. Good information.