Originally, the gardens were spread over seven ascending terraces, but only three remain now which cover an area of about 42 acres. The brick-work of the floors of the three terraces have been repaired according to their original designs which differ on all three terraces. There is a marble pavilion under which water flows and cascades down over a carved, marble slab creating a water-fall effect. Across the water-fall is a marble throne. At the end of the second terrace is a beautiful structure called Sawan Bhadon, a sunken tank niches on its three sides.
Water cascades down from it in sheets in front of the niches, producing the sound of falling rain.
In the olden times, small oil lamps were placed in the niches which reflected myriad colours, through the water. Shalimar gardens have the proud privilege of being the stage of all important state receptions. Attached to the Shrine is a beautiful mosque. Allama Iqbal's Tomb Outside the Badshahi Mosque, near its steps, lies the tomb of Allama Iqbal, the poet philosopher of the East. The tomb of the fourth great Mughal emperor, Jehangir, lies three miles north-west of Lahore across the River Ravi.