page_title: Sohni Mahiwal
section_title: Tomb of Sohni And Mahiwal
hierarchical_section_title: Sohni Mahiwal / Tomb of Sohni And Mahiwal
caption_attribution_description: English: Tomb Of Sohni in Shahdadpur, Sindh, Pakistan 03336985564
context_page_description: Sohni Mahiwal or Suhni Mehar is one of the four popular tragic romances of Punjab. The others are Sassi Punnun, Mirza Sahiba, and Heer Ranjha. Sohni Mahiwal is a tragic love story which inverts the classical motif of Hero and Leander. The heroine Sohni, unhappily married to a man she despises, swims every night across the river using an earthenware pot to keep afloat in the water, to where her beloved Mehar herds buffaloes. One night her sister-in-law replaces the earthenware pot with a vessel of unbaked clay, which dissolves in water and she dies in the whirling waves of the river.
  The story also appears in Shah Jo Risalo and is one of seven popular tragic romances from Sindh. The other six tales are Umar Marui, Sassui Punhun, Lilan Chanesar, Noori Jam Tamachi, Sorath Rai Diyach and Momal Rano commonly known as Seven Heroines of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. Shah begins the story at the most dramatic moment, when a young woman cries out for help in the cold river, attacked by crocodiles.
context_section_description: Legend has 75 km (47 mi) from Hyderabad, Pakistan. Sohni's tomb is located at Shahpur Chakar Road, Shahdadpur, and is visited by lovers.
caption: Tomb of Sohni in Shahdadpur, Sindh
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