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The major Hindu temples in Pakistan are Shri Hinglaj Mata temple (whose annual Hinglaj Yatra is the largest Hindu pilgrimage in Pakistan, which is participated by more than 250,000 pilgrims),[1] Shri Ramdev Pir temple (whose annual Ramdevpir Mela in the temple is the second largest Hindu pilgrimage in Pakistan,[2] Umarkot Shiv Mandir (which is famous for its annual Shivrathri festival, which is one of the biggest religious festivals in Pakistan,[3] and the Churrio Jabal Durga Mata Temple (famous for Shivrathri celebrations which is attended by 200,000 pilgrims).[4]
Pakistan Administration Kashmir
[edit]- Shiv Temple at Barnala[5]
- Banganga Temple at Khuiratta[6]
- Hindu Temples at Kotli City[7]
- Baba Balaji Temple at Ratta, Dadyal[8]
- Raghunath Temple at Mangla Dam Lake[8]
- Shivala Temple, at Mangla Dam Lake[8]
- Sita Ram Temple at Muzaffarabad City[9]
- Mandhol Sun Temple at Mandhole[8]
Balochistan
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- Shri Hinglaj Mata temple is located in Hingol National Park. The shrine of the Goddess Hinglaj is located in the desert of Balochistan, Pakistan, about 215 kilometers west of the city of Karachi. The annual Hinglaj Yatra is the largest Hindu pilgrimage in Pakistan, which is participated by more than 250,000 pilgrims.[1][11]
- Baba Chandragup is a mud volcano. It is an important stop for pilgrims on their way to the shrine of Shri Hinglaj Mata temple. The volcano is considered as the embodiment of Lord Shiva.[12]
- Marrhi Mandir at Dera Bugti[13]
- Baba Madho Das Temple at Bhag Tehsil.[14]
- Sibi Mandir
- Tili Van Mandir
- Pooja Mata Mandir at Lehri
Islamabad
[edit]Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
[edit]
- Krishna Temple [20]
- Temple of Garur Bhagwan at Kali Bari area- It is now converted to hotel.[21]
- Balmik Mandir at Jogianwala Mohallah[22]
- Kafir Kot Hindu temple complex - 7th Century Hindu temple Complex.[23]
- Shri Paramhans Dayal Ji Maharaj at Teri. It was affected during the 2020 Karak temple attack[a][29]
- Hindu temple in Bannu in Teri area, now converted to a bakery.[21]
- Hindu temple in Kohat city- converted to school[21]
- Bareri Mata/Durga Temple and Shrine on Bareri Hill, (no longer in regular use but sometimes visited by pilgrims and tourists. The edicts of Ashoka are inscribed on three large boulders nearby.)[30]
- Mansehra Shiva Temple at Chitti Gatti[31]
- Balmeek temple, Nowshera Cantonment[33]
- Asamai Temples Complex at Asamai Gate [34]- now leased to a families migrating from Kashmir.[21]
- Balmiki Mandir at Kalibari[35]
- Dargah Pir Ratan Nath at Jhanda Bazaar[36]
- Gorakh Nath Temple at Gor Khatri
- Kalibari Mandir at Kalibari[37]
- Nandi Mandir- closed for years[21]
- Panj Tirath at Hashtnagri[38]
- Wangri Garan Temple at Hashtnagri[39] It was under the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Department for Archaeology and Museums, which give the temple on lease. In 2016, the temple was demolished and a three-storey commercial plaza was built despite opposition from Hindu community.[21]
Punjab
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- Hari Temple at Hazro (non-functional)[41]
- Ghairmumkin Shawala Temple at Hassanabdal (non-functional)[41]
- Mandir/Dharamshala Premdas at Hassanabdal (non-functional)[41]
- Shawala Mandir at Fateh Jang (non-functional)[41]
- Mandir Pandat Lal at Pindigheb (non-functional)[41]
- Krishna Temple, Sadiqabad
- Sidhi Vinayak Temple, Bhong[42]
- Old Sheraan Wala Temple at Main Bazar. (non-functional)[41]
- Katasraj Temple at Choa Saidanshah
- Malot Temple at Malot
- Shwala Mandir (non-functional)[41]
- Raghunath temple (non-functional)[41]
- Bawalal nath mandir (non-functional)[41]
- Shankar Dass Mandir (non-functional)[41]
- Sanatan Dharam Mandir at Mian Channun (non-functional)[41]
- Amb Shareef Temple in Sakesar
- Basuli Hanuman Temple at Anarkali Bazaar
- Bhadrakali Temple, Lahore at Gulzar Colony
- Krishna Temple at Ravi Road, Qasurpura
- Lava Temple at Lahore Fort
- Valmiki Temple at Anarkali Bazaar
- Bara Mandir at Kehror Pcca (non-functional)[41]
- Krishna Mandir (non-functional)[41]
- Mari Indus Temples near Kalabagh at Mari Indus
- Aditya Sun Temple at Suraj Kund
- Sri Narasimha Temple at Prahladpuri
- Sri Krishna Temple at Nankana Sahib (non-functional)[41]
- Hari Bol Mandir at Okara (non-functional)[41]
- Sanatan Dharam Mandir at Pakpattan Sharif (non-functional)[41]
- Hindu Temple at Sadar Bazar (non-functional)[41]
- Shri Krishna Temple at Saddar in Rawalpindi city[45]
- Valmiki Swamiji Mandir, Gracy Lines
- Ambardaran Temple at Bohar Bazar[46]
- Bagh Sardaran Temple Complex at Ghazni Colony[47]
- Ganesha Temple, Landa Bazar[46]
- Ganj Mandi Hindu Temple at Raja Bazar[46]
- Jandial Temple at Taxila (Zoroastrianism)
- Kalyan Das Temple at Kohati Bazar[48]
- Krishna Temple at Purana Qila[49]
- Lal Kurti Temple at Lalkurti[50]
- Sagri Temple at Saagri[46]
- Akali Chand Mandir (non-functional)[41]
- Jagannath Temple at Hassanpura, Sialkot (non-functional)[41]
- Puran Bhagat Temple at Rasulpur Road[54]
- Shivala Teja Singh temple at Kashmiri Mohalla. It was not functional after 1947. In 2019, the Pakistan government renovated and handed over the temple to the Hindu community.[55]
- Hindu temple at Gojra. It was non-functional after partition and was occupied by families. In 2021, the temple was collapsed due to rain.[56]
Sindh
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Temples in Sindh province:
- Samnath Mandir (non-functional)[41]
- Gorakh Hill of Gorakhnath
- Shiva Mandir Johi at Johi (non-functional)
- Sant Baba Bhagat Ram Darbar Mandir[57]
- Bhai Sant Thawan Das Mandir[57]
- Bhai Gurdas Ram Mandir (non-functional)[41]
- Veernath Temple at Khairpur Nathan Shah[58]
- Sacho Satram Dham (SSD), is one of biggest Hindu shrines in Sindh. Its spread over 300 acres.[59]
- Devri Sahib temples at Raharki village is situated In the opposite river site of SSD. It is connected to the Sacho Satram Dham by SSD Century Celebration bridge.[59]
- Shadani Darbar at Mirpur Mathelo
- Goswamiparshotam Gir Chela Goswami Nihal Gir
- Guru Gurpat Mandir at Hyderabad[57]
- Durga Shiv Mandir at Circuit House[60]
- Baba Kalyan Dass Mandir
- Derbaar Manjhand at Manjhand[61]
- Daharan Tirth at Lakki hills[62]
- Gobindram Darbar at Manjhand
- Guru Mangal Gir Temple in Thana Bulla Khan
- Guru Balpuri Ashram in Thana Bulla Khan
- Darya Lal Sankat Mochan Mandir (also called Jhoolay Lal Mandir) at Custom House
- Pamwal Das Shiv Mandir at Lyari Town.[63][64]
- Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple at Soldier Bazar, is 1500 years old and houses a 2.5m tall statue of lord Hanuman. Renovation of the temple commenced in 2012 and it is popular among Maharashtrian, Sindhi and Balochi devotees.[65] Half of the temple's 2,609 square feet of land has been encroached upon by Muslims, The temple has won back four of six small plots after the lease was cancelled by a district court and is still fighting to reclaim two remaining plots.[66]
- Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir at Native Jetty area
- Shri Mari Amman Temple at Madrasi Para. Worshipped by the Tamil Hindu community in Pakistan.[67]
- Bhagnari Mandir[57]
- Shri Punch Mukhi Hanuman Mandir at Garden East
- Shree Ratneshwar Mahadev Mandir at Clifton
- Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
- Shri Varun Dev Mandir at Manora beach[68]
- Bhai Sant Das Mandir Khairpur (non-functional)[41]
- Sadh Belo Island Temple
- Ramapir temple at Sukkur[72]
- Sant Nenuram Ashram in Islamkot
- Parbrahm Ashram at Diplo
- Sardharo Shiv temple at Nagarparkar
- Churrio Jabal Durga Temple at Nangarparkar
- Krishna Mandir at Mithi[73]
- Krishna Mandir at Kantio[74]
- Nagarparkar Temples at Nagarparkar
- Baba Srichand Darbar
- Lal Sahib Mandir (non-functional)[41]
- Shree Mamai Dev Ashthan at Makli
- Aasmaniyan Ro Thaan at Umarkot
- Dargah Pir Pithoro at Pithoro
Threats
[edit]A survey carried out by All Pakistan Hindu Rights Movement Pakistan's revealed that out of 428 Hindu temples in Pakistan that existed before Partition, only around 20 survive today and they remain neglected by the Evacuee Trust Property Board which controls those, while the rest had been converted for other uses.[75] Nearly 1000 active and former Hindu temples were attacked in 1992 riots and in other attacks like the 2014 Larkana temple attack, 2019 Ghotki riots, 2021 Bhong temple attack and the 2020 Karak temple attack.[76] Idols in some temples in Pakistan have gone missing and the ponds outside those temples that are considered necessary for a holy dip are drying up due to neglect, which has irked the Supreme Court of Pakistan.[77] However, some of the closed temples have been reopened following the Court rulings,[78] and government intervention.[79]
See also
[edit]Notes
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Further reading
[edit]- Arun Shourie and Sita Ram Goel, 1990, Hindu Temples: What Happened to Them"
- Anthony Gordon O'Brien, 1996, The Ancient Chronology of Thar: The Bhāṭṭika, Laukika, and Sindh Eras
- Reema Abbasi, 2014, Historic Temples in Pakistan: A Call to Conscience
