Heer Ranjha
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Painting by Shafqat Jilani (c. 1930) depicting Ranjha (playing his flute) and Heer | |
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| Name | Heer Ranjha |
| Mythology | Punjabi folklore |
| Region | Punjab |
| Origin Date | Late 15th century (traditionally) |
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Heer Ranjha (Punjabi: [ɦiɾ ɾaːnd͡ʒ(ʱ)aː]) is a classical Punjabi folk tragedy with many historic poetic narrations; with the first one penned by Damodar Gulati in 1600s, on the preexisting oral legend; and the most famous one, Heer, written by Waris Shah in 1766, in the form of an epic. Set in Takht Hazara and Tilla Jogian, it follows the story of love, forced separation, and eventual simultaneous demise of two youths in the Punjabi countryside.
It is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab. The other three are Mirza Sahiban, Sohni Mahiwal and Sassi Punnun.