Multan, being a rich cultural city in Pakistan, celebrates a number of festivals throughout the year. The most popular festivals are urs Shah Rukn-e-Alam and the Spring Festival, but many other festivals and events are celebrated in the metropolis as well.

Spring Festival (Jashn-e-Baharaan)

The Spring Festival occurs in March. During the event, all city parks are covered with flowers and shows. Cantt Garden is famous for flower shows and exhibitions.

Basant

The Basant is an event featuring kite flying, but it is banned nowadays due to several people having died of cut throats when they encountered kite strings.

Urs Shah Rukn-e-Alam

Urs Shah Rukn-e-Alam is a religious event where people gather at the

tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam The Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam (Punjabi and ur, ) located in Multan, Pakistan, is the mausoleum of the 14th century Punjabi Sufi saint Sheikh Rukn-ud-Din Abul Fateh. The shrine is considered to be the earliest example of Tughluq architecture, ...

located in the Multan Fort. It occurs annually.

Urs Bahauddin Zakariya

Urs Bahauddin Zakariya is an annual religious event in which people gather around the

shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya The Shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya ( ur, ) is a 13th-century shrine located in the city of Multan, in Pakistan's Punjab province. The tomb is dedicated to the Muslim mystic Bahauddin Zakariya, founder of the Suhrawardiyya order of Sufism. It co ...

Urs Shah Shams Tabrizi

Urs Shah Shams Tabrizi occurs annually through July 1 to 3.

References

{{Punjabi festivals Festivals in Punjab, Pakistan Multan