Ganish is the most seasoned town of the Hunza Valley and its a treat to watch.

Ganish is the most established town in the heart of Hunza, Six kilometers (4 miles) past Aliabad, the KKH makes a clearing S-curve down past Ganish town to the extension over the Hunza River. Ganesh, on ripe even or more the stream, is monitored by an old watchtower and fortress. The old ached for mosque is additionally worth a visit. In the pool before the tower all the neighborhood kids figure out how to swim. ( this used to be in past )Until this century young men needed to swim over the Hunza River to demonstrate that they could escape or ambush over the stream when vital. Until the British came in 1891, the men of Hunza used to keep a sword, firearm, shield and a roll of bread (which was supplanted at regular intervals) close to their entryways; when the drums thump the alert from Altit stronghold, proclaiming the methodology of pillagers, each one man might get these things and run for the fortress. (Apparently his family went too.)like Gilgit Hunza was a vital organizing post on the Silk Route and was intensely gone for many years by merchants retreating and hence between China, India and the west over the Kilik, Mintaka, Parpik and Khunjerab passes. The most persuading evidence of this lies in the engravings on the Ganesh rock, a kind of Silk Route visitor book.

historical place

Ganish has celebrated history, the populace of this town used to be warriors or safeguards in old times, they are additionally called " ruler Makers ", reason they helped the lord of Hunza to be delegated when English Empire was in principle. Individuals of Ganish have taken an interest in numerous wars to guard its limits from remote trespassers. The ruler of Hunza around then used to address Ganish individuals as heros of Hunza Valley. Old town of Ganish Khun today contains something like 32 houses all inherent the customary Hunza way. The houses are grouped firmly inside their edge dividers, shaping a strong walled in area. The old door entryway (himaltar) of the town looks on to the hereditary town water lake/store (pharee), shaded by a goliath old chinar and willow trees. Watchtowers (shikaris) punctuate the border of the village.but of what added up to eleven shikaris that are said to have encompassed thevillage, just three remain.  The spot for religious assemblage (imambargah/matamsara), which was implicit 1922, is spotted on one side of the lake, at the end of the old Polo Ground (shabaran). When the KKH was constructed, the Polo Ground extended 120 meters north from the lake. Today it is cut into two by the KKH. The young men's school was assembled toward one side of it, over the roadway, while on the flip side, near the town, is the basic young ladies' school connected with the imambargah. The space of the old Polo Ground is presently likewise the vital method for access from the street into the town. - See more at: http://hunzanagar.com/textpage.php?id=116#sthash.maka9c4y.dpuf