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Heera Mandi ( Urdu and Punjabi: ہیرا منڈی, lit. 'Diamond Market'), is a neighbourhood and bazaar located in the Walled City of Lahore. It is specifically known as the red light district of Lahore, Pakistan. [ 1][ 2] It is believed to have been originally named 'Hira Singh Di Mandi', meaning Hira Singh's food grain market.
Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar is a 2024 Indian Hindi -language period drama television series created and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The series is about the lives of tawaifs in the red-light district of Heera Mandi in Lahore during the Indian independence movement against the British Raj. [ 2]
She was killed at her residence on January 5, 1972, in Lahore. Her husband, after trying and failing to get her to return home, lost his temper, drove to Heera Mandi and opened fire on Niggo at her mother's house. [6] [9] Niggo's uncle and two musicians were also murdered in the incident.
Tawaifs from Heera Mandi joined the Lollywood industry and gained much fame and wealth. Some of the most skilled tawaifs performed as backup dancers in early Pakistan films. [ 37 ] In Heera Mandi and surrounding areas, there were many dance classrooms and music classrooms, which were closed as the tawaifs and musicians left.
She is believed to have been sold into prostitution at Heera Mandi, the red-light district of Lahore. [10] She escaped Heera Mandi and went on to become a devotee of Gulab Das at the Gulabdasi Dera in Chathian Wala (in present-day Pakistan). [10] Das was a Sikh Jat who founded the Gulabdasi sect.
Dawn newspaper, Karachi, describes Lahore's Heera Mandi area as, "Pakistan's oldest red light district was for centuries, a hub of traditional erotic dancers, musicians and prostitutes." [ 3 ] In many areas of the Indian subcontinent, they are called by different names – for example they are called tawaifs in North India and Pakistan (in ...
History. Watercolour painting titled 'Taxali Darwaza, Lahore', painted in 1865 by William Simpson. Also known as the Taxal, or royal mint, [2] it was built from 1575 -1585 during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar. [3] There is a shoe market located here known as Sheikhupurian Bazaar [3] as well as a variety of special food - the most famous ...
After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Pakistan inherited the historical red-light districts in Lahore and Multan including the infamous Hira Mandi area. These were well-developed and attracted both wealthy clients and those looking for singers and actresses. The prostitutes and associates in the sex-trade were named Kanjars.