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Karavan Sarai Gor Khatri is located on the Sethi street. This is a hotel that was built to provide comfort to the travelers. It was built at least 200 years ago. These days it is one of the major places of sightseeing in Peshawar. Karavan Sarai Gor Khatri will immediately take you back in time and the architecture will also impress you.

Karavan Sarai Gor Khatri has a vast area that amount to 200 square meters. The Mongol door that works as the main entrance is quite huge. Once you enter the building you will find a roomy courtyard. It is down this courtyard that travelers will be able to find some well kept rooms. The rooms are just perfect for spending a night here.

The Karavan Sarai Gor Khatri was known to be a Buddhist monastery that was the proof of the popularity and the spreading of the religion in this area. Inside this place you will find the ruin of a Hindu temple. There was a Sikh temple of Gorakhnath.

It is believed that this temple was built by the daughter of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. The main purpose behind the construction of this Karavan Sarai Gor Khatri was providing the merchants a safe place to stay. Those travelers merchants had to travel a long way before they reached the market place with their goods. They needed a place that will provide them shelter and security. It is in this regard that this structure became very helpful. Along with these markets this place also gave protection to their servants and luggage.

Now, with the change of times the place has become the address of various governments offices. The is a fire station inside too. To keep the building secure the authorities have arranged for maximum security. Travelers will not be disappointed once they come here. Like other Attractions in Peshawar this one too is a great source of foreign money. It is places like these that has made Islamabad Tours memorable.

This is one of the historically important Tourist Attractions in Peshawar.

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