Cloth fans, as shown in the video clip, similar to these were used in my hometown, Bhera, district Sargodha, before the electricity came into the town. Fans were much bigger, made of thick cloth, and were decorated. These were operated through a long rope pulled by a person. The pictures of cloth fan displayed in the Information Centre, Shah Shah Suri Jama Mosque ( 1540 AD), Bhera are given below :
