Wagah, also spelled Wagha, is a village and union council located in the Wahga Zone near Lahore City District, Pakistan. The town is famous for the Wagah border ceremony and also serves as a goods transit terminal and a railway station between Pakistan and India. Wahga is situated 600 metres (2,000 ft) west of the border and lies on the historic Grand Trunk Road between Lahore and Amritsar in India. The border is located 24 kilometres (15 mi) from Lahore and 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Amritsar. It is also 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the bordering village of Attari, India. The Wagah ceremony takes place every evening.
The evening flag lowering ceremony at the Pakistan–India international border near Wagah
Flag ceremony in December 2016.
122m high Pakistani flag on Wagah Border
Stadium-like seating at Pakistani side of the border
Attari–Wagah border ceremony
The Lowering of the Flags ceremony at the Attari–Wagah border is a daily ceremony that the security forces of India and Pakistan have jointly followed since 1959. The drill is characterized by elaborate and rapid dance-like manoeuvres and raising legs as high as possible, which have been described as "colourful". It is both a symbol of the two countries’ rivalry, and a display of brotherhood and cooperation between the two nations.
The ceremony takes place on the border between Attari, India and Wagah, Pakistan but technically it is on Hardo Rattan land as Attari village ends 3km before the Border although it is the last Railway Station of India.
Image: The SAARC Car Rally 2007 being welcomed by traditional Drummers at the Wagah Border on March 28, 2007
The Attari–Wagah border ceremony at the border crossing
Marching by Indian Border Security Force soldiers at the Attari border crossing
