9th October 2011 - Sassi Punnu Tomb
We left around 8:45Am from North Nazimabad and came back around 4pm, it was about 160kms journey, was bit hot but bearable. Had lots of fun.
Distance from Hamdard University, Northern Bypass.
Hamdard to Sassi Punnu turn 15kms
Sassi Punnu turn to Maazar 20kms
Maazar to Nadi 2 kms.
The tombs itself was nothing sensational and seemed like any other Mazaar in Pakistan. Also, the grave is empty however it is placed where according to the myth, exactly at the spot where Sassi Punno disappeared or pulled underground.
If west has their Romeo and Juliet, we have seven tragic love stories, Sassi Punnu is one of them. Truth be told I didn't believed at the myth told to us by the tomb caretakers however, those 160 KMS of our journey towards and beyond showed us the spell bounding beauty of Balochistan, and this was just the beginning of an endless beauty spread out all over the province but left in shambles because of the trigger happy gunmen.
