Description

This is one of the 13 gates surrounding the old walled city of Lahore. The gate has two names. Initially it used to be called Khizri Gate. In the Mughal era the old River Ravi used to flow next to the Walled City. This gate was so close to the river that boats used to float by it. Because Khwaja Khizar known as the Patron of rivers and “Amer-ul-Bahar” (commander of water) passed through this gate and walked straight into river Ravi this gate was named after him. Maharajah Ranjit Singh coming into power and becoming the lion of Lahore kept two lions in cages near this gate to ward off anyone who even thought of invading the city, so this gate started being called Shairanwala Gate. When the British came to power they removed these cages but this name prevailed