Temples of Pakistan
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A survey carried out by All Pakistan Hindu Rights Movement Pakistan's revealed that out of 428 Hindu temples in Pakistan 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.[1] Nearly 1000 active and former Hindu temples were attacked in retaliation following the destruction of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India in 1992.[2]
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.[3]
Azad Jammu and Kashmir[edit]
- Banganga Temple at Khuiratta [5]
- Hindu Temples at Kotli City [6]
- Baba Balaji Temple at Ratta, Dadyal
- Raghunath Temple at Mangla Dam Lake [7] [8] [9]
- Shivala Temple at Mangla Dam Lake [10] [11]
- Sita Ram Temple at Muzaffarabad City[12]
Balochistan[edit]
- Hinglaj Mata Temple is a cave temple at Hinglaj, 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. Notwithstanding its ancient Hindu and Muslim history, the establishment of an annual festival at Hinglaj took place only recently in the mid-1980s. after the Makran Coastal Highway connected the formerly distant shrine with urban Pakistan. Pakistan's minority Hindu community claims Hinglaj as their main religious center. [13]
- Shivaharkaray Temple OR Karavipur is a Shakti Peeth dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Durga, located near Parkai railway station, near Karachi.
- Sahti Temple at Tamboo
- Arya Samaj Temple at Quetta [14]
- Bhagat Chuharmal Temple at Quetta
- Krishna Temple at Quetta
- Sidh Pani Nath Ji Temple at Mirri Fort [15]
- Sibi Temple at Sibi
Islamabad[edit]
- Rama Temple at Saidpur village has temple-like structure but it is not actually a temple but a dharamshala.[16]
- Krishna Temple at Islamabad
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[edit]
- Abbottabad Gurudwara at Main Bazar
- Araya Temple at Nawanshehr Area (in ruins)
- Krishna Temple (old), Destroyed [17]
- Old Gurkhas Shiv Temple at Abbottabad
- Shiva Temple and Dusehra House (partially in ruins)
- Tramsal Temple at Jarral Shareef
- Balmik Mandir at Jogianwala Mohallah [18]
- Hindu Temple at Bilot [19]
- Kafir Kot Temples at Kafir Kot [20]
- Kali Mata Temple at Topanwala Chowk [21]
- Bara Dari Temple at Sarai Saleh
- Gurdwara & Ganesh Mandir at Haripur City
- Krishna Temple at Main Bazar [22]
- Maa Shairan Wali Temple at Main Bazar [23]
- Shiv Mandir at Rehmania Bazar
- Mansehra Shiva Temple at Chitti Gatti [25]
- Shiva Temple (now a public library)
- 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.[26]
- Shiv Mandir
- Balmiki Mandir at Kalibari [28]
- Dargah Pir Ratan Nath at Jhanda Bazaar [29]
- Gorakh Nath Temple at Gor Khatri[30]
- Gurudwara Bhai Joga Singh at Qissa Khawani Bazaar [31]
- Kalibari Mandir at Kalibari [32]
- Nandi Mandir
- Panj Tirath at Hashtnagri [33]
- Wangri Garan Temple at Hashtnagri [34]
Punjab[edit]
- Baradari Temple at Attock Khurd
- Hari Temple at Hazro
- Old Temple at Attock Khurd
- Old Sheraan Wala Temple at Main Bazar
- Shri Mahavir Ji Temple at Mankera
- Katasraj Temple at Katas Village
- Malkana Temple at Dalwal
- Malot Temple at Malot
- Old Hindu Temple at Dhurnal
- SatGhara at Katas Village
- Sassi Da Kallara at Talagang
- Sita-Ram Temple at Jhang Bazar Chowk
- Devi Wala Talaab at Mohalla Pondawala
- Loria Temple at Clock Tower Road
- Shiv Temple at Nuinke
- Memorial Tomb of Jain Monk Atma Ramji at Bakhtay Wala
- Jain Temple at Rasool Nagar
- Tomri Sahib Temple at Badoki Gusaian
- Old Temple at Sook Kalan
- Sun Temple at Qilladar
- Guru Nanik Temple at Kaleke
- Hindu Temple at Mirzabad
- Hindu Temple at Rohtas Fort[35]
- Hindu Temple at Tilla Jogian
- Shiva Temple at Bagh Mohalla
- Darbar Baba Lal Shahbaz Qalandar at Raja Jang
- Hindu Temple at Mian Channun
- Amb Shareef Temple in Sakesar
- Basuli Hanuman Temple at Anarkali Bazaar
- Bhadrakali Temple, Lahore at Gulzar Colony
- Bhairav Ka Asthan at Ichhra
- Hudiara Temple at Hudiara
- Jain Temple at Garhi Shahu
- Krishna Temple at Ravi Road, Qasurpura
- Lava Temple at Lahore Fort
- Rattan Chand Temple at Anarkali Bazaar
- Satti Temple at Manhala
- Shiv Temple at Model Town
- Shri 1008 Bhagwan Adinath Jain Temple at Anarkali Bazaar, Jain Mandir Chowk
- Sitla Temple at Mohalla Chiri Maran
- Valmiki Temple at Anarkali Bazaar
- Hindu Temple at Danwaran
- Mari Temple near Kalabagh at Mari Indus[36]
- Aditya Sun Temple at Suraj Kund
- Balmiki Temple (Valmiki) at Multan
- Hindu Temple at Bukhari Colony
- Mandir Jain Sweatamber at Inner City
- Mandir Shah Majeed at Inner City
- Sri Narasimha Temple at Prahladpuri
- Hindu Temple at Nankana Sahib
- Hindu Temple at Farooq Gunj Mohalla
- Hindu Temple at Suchkochack
- Hindu Temple at Depalpur
- Shri Krishna Temple at Saddar in Rawalpindi city-It is the only functional Hindu temple in the Rawalpindi City[38]
- Ambardaran Temple at Bohar Bazar [39]
- Bagh Sardaran Temple Complex at Ghazni Colony[40]
- Ganesha Temple, Landa Bazar at [41]
- Ganj Mandi Hindu Temple at Raja Bazar [42]
- Hindu Temple at Kahuta [43]
- Jandial Temple at Taxila (Zoroastrianism)
- Kalyan Das Temple at Kohati Bazar [44]
- Krishna Temple at Purana Qila [45]
- Lal Kurti Temple at Lalkurti [46]
- Madanpura Temple at Gawal Mandi [47]
- Sagri Temple at Saagri [48]
- Baoliwala Temple at Bhera[49][50]
- Dahram Temple at Bhalwal[51]
- Gulabgarh Temple at Bhera[52]
- Hindu Temple at Bhera[53]
- Hindu Temple in Sheesh Mahalat, Bhera[54]
- Shiv Temple at Bhera[55]
- Hindu Temple at Qila Kalar Wala[56]
- Mata Katyani Temple at Kakran[57]
- Puran Bhagat Temple at Rasulpur Road[58]
- Raghunath Temple, Sialkot at Gurr Mandi Bazar[59]
- Jagannath Temple OR Shawala Teja Singh Temple at Kashmiri Mohalla[60]
Sindh[edit]
- Raharki Sahib at Raharki 5 km away from Daharki (Pakistan's biggest Hindu temple)
- Hanuman Mandir at Mirpur Mathelo
- Durga Shiv Mandir at Circuit House
- Maa Kali Mandir
- SSD Dham Mandir at Shahi Bazar
- Baba Kalyan Dass Mandir
- Bhagwan Shiv Mandir at Ladies Market
- Lal Sain Mandir at Bhahan Bazar
- Nandro Mata Waro Mandir at Chenchri Ghitti
- Sach Khand Dham
- Shive shankar Mandir at Peti Bazar
- Swami Kirshan Gir Darbar (Kundan Gir Marri)
- Bhole Shankar Mandir at Kotri
- Daharan Tirth at Lakki hills[61]
- Gobindram Darbar at Manjhand
- Hanuman Mandir at Kotri
- Kathwari Harijan Manhar Mandir
- Bhagnari Shiv Mandir at Kakri Ground or Lyari Town
- Darya Lal Sankat Mochan Mandir (also called Jhoolay Lal Mandir) at Custom House
- Devi Mandir at Bombay Bazar
- Guru Nanak Gurudwara at Karachi City
- Hanuman Mandir at Doli Khata
- Hanuman Mandir at Frere Road
- Hinglaj Mata Mandir (also called Jagannath Akhra Mandir) at Bhimpura
- ISKCON Hare Krishna Land at Rangiwara
- Malir Mandir at Shah Faisal Town
- Manhar Mandir Kathwari Mandir at Rancho Line
- Mari Mata Mandir Rattan Tallow Akbar Road at Saddar
- Mata Mandir at Doli Khata
- Narsingh Mahadev Mandir at Risala
- Naval Mandir at Ranchore Lines is a 200 sq yards pale yellow stone walled temple with polished marble surfaces and clay statues of Santoshi Mata, Kali Mata, Vishnu, Shiva, Ganesha, Hanuman, Guru Nanak and Rama and Nandi where Holi and Diwali are celebrated.[62]
- Pamwal Das Shiv Mandir at Lyari Town. [63][64][65]
- 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.[66][67] 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.
Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple in Karachi's Soldier Bazaar - Parsi Fire Temple at Saddar Karachi
- Ramchandra Mandir at Saddar
- Ramswamy Mandir at Ramswamy
- Shankar Bhole Nath Mandir at Mauripur
- Sheetala Mata Mandir at Bhimpura
- Shiv Mandir at Islamia Science College
- Shree Radha Gokul Anand Temple at Rangiwara
- Shree Ram Dev Pir Mandir at Sadder town near Cantt Railway Station
- Shri Guru Nanak Darbar at Manora
- Shri Guru Nanak Satsang Sabha at Aram Bagh
- Shri Hanuman Mandir at Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre
- Shri Hanuman Mandir at Karachi Cantonment
- Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir at Native Jetty area
- Shri Mari Amman Temple at JPMC F/Type
- Shri Mari Maata Mandir at Korangi Town
- Shri Punch Mukhi Hanuman Mandir at Garden East
- Shri Ramdev Shiv Santosh Temple at Drigh Road
- Shree Ratneshwar Mahadev Mandir at Clifton
- Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
- Shri Varun Dev Mandir at Manora beach[69]
- Baba Garib Das Darbar at Gospur, Kandhkot
- Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib (Gurudwara) at Kandhkot
- Prem Prakash Aashram at Kandhkot
- Samadha Dham at Kandhkot
- Jhulay Lal Temple at Hindu Mohalla, Choondiko
- Shiv Temple at Heerabad
- Shiv Temple at Laghari
- Darbar Sahib at Halani
- Baba Hiradaram Mandir
- Baba Khat Wala Shahib Mandir
- Guru Nanik Dass Mandir
- Qambar Darbar at Qambar
- Shiv Mandir
- Rato Kot Mandir at Sanghar
- Sai Pursna Ram Darbar at Hathongo
- Shri Shyam Dam Mandir, north of Baqar Khan Nizamani and west of Shahdadpur
- Shiv Mandir at Takanu in Jati Sujawal
- Hanuman Mandir at Shikarpur
- Khat Wari Darbar at Shikarpur
- Samadha Ashram at Shikarpur
- Shankaranand Bharti at Shikarpur
- Baba Khushi Ram Mandir at Sangrar
- Jhulay Lal Mandir at Bagarji, Sukkur
- Kalka Cave Temple in Rohri, Sindh[70] is a temple of Kalaratri (Kali), one of the nine forms of Navadurga, believed to have appeared here on her journey to Hinglaj in Balochistan.[71]
- Anchlasar at Nagarparkar
- Baba Ramdev Mandir at Kasbo
- Chamunda Shakti Mandir at Chelhar
- Jain Temple at Bhodesar
- Mata Rani Bhatiyani Temple at Nagarparkar
- Parbirham Mandir at Valasai Colony Kaloi City
- Pithoro Pir Mandir at Chelhar
- Ramdev Peer Temple at Mithi
- Ramdev Temple at Ikraro Bheel, Nagarparkar
- Sachya Mataji at Nagarparkar
- Shani Dev Mandir at Chelhar
- Shiv Temple at Sardharo
- Shive and Pithoro Temple at Pabuhar
- Shri Devi Mata Mandir at Chelhar
- Shri Murli Mandir at Chelhar
- Shri Ramapi Mandir at Chelhar
- Shiv Mandir at Chelhar
- Lokesh Mandir at Mithi
- Shantoshi Maa Mandir at Mithi
- Shri Ganesh Mandir at Mithi
- Shri Hanuman Mandir at Mithi
- Shri Krishna Mandir at Mithi
- Shri Murlidhar Mandir at Mithi
- Shiv Parvati Mandir at Mithi
- Shri Pir Pithoro Mandir at Mithi
- Shri Ramapir Mandir at Mithi
- Pooj Parbat Gir Goswami Mandir at Mithi
- Churrio Jabal Durga Temple at Nangarparkar
- Guri Mandir at Guri
- Krishna Mandir at Kantio
- Nagarparkar Temples at Nagarparkar
- Baba Srichand Darbar
- Guru Nanak Saheb at Mirpur Bathoro
- Hanuman Mandir at Cinema road
- Jhule Lal Mandir Behrani at Goth
- Jhule Lal Mandir at Main Shahi Bazar
- Jhule Lal Mandir in a house at Sonara Bazar
- Makli Temple at Makli
- Mata Singh Bhawani Mandir at Makli
- Nath Marhi Mandir
- Seetla Mata Mandir in a house at Sonara Bazar
- Shiv Mandir at Maheshwari Mohala
- Shree Mamai Dev Ashthan at Makli
- Aasmaniyan Ro Thaan at Umarkot
- Dado Khetaram Mandir at Pithoro
- Dargh Pir Pithoro at Pithoro
- Kali Mata Temple[73]
- Krishna Mandir at old Amarkot
- Mandir at Cheelh
- Ramdev Mandir at Goth Jafar Khan Dal
- Umarkot Shiv Mandir at old Amarkot[74]
- Shri Muralidhar Mandir at Umarkot
- Shri Rattan Gir Goswami Mandir at Umarkot
See also[edit]
- Hinduism in Pakistan
- Lists of Hindu temples by country
- Minorities in Pakistan
- Pakistan Hindu Council
- Persecution of Hindus in Pakistan
- Religious discrimination in Pakistan
- Sectarian violence in Pakistan
References[edit]
- Further reading
- 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
- Citations
- ↑ Gishkori, Zahid (25 March 2014). "95% of worship places put to commercial use: Survey". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ↑ The Hindus of Pakistan, Friday Times, Oct 2014.
- ↑ "Absence of Lord Ram, Hanuman statues in Katas Raj temple irks Pakistan Supreme Court". Indian Express. 2017-12-12.
- ↑ Kashmir Heritage - Barnala Bhimber Temple, AJK Tourism and Archaeology Department
- ↑ Banganga Temple, Khuiratta, Azad Kashmir Pakistan, Flickr
- ↑ Forgotten Atrocities: Memoirs of a Survivor of the 1947 Partition of India By Bal K. Gupta (Page No. 5), Google Books
- ↑ Raghunath temple old Mirpur Azad Kashmir, Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ Are there any Hindus left in the Pakistan Administered Kashmir (Azad Kashmir)?, Quora
- ↑ Old Hindu Temple Mandar, Tripadvisor
- ↑ Are there any Hindus left in the Pakistan Administered Kashmir (Azad Kashmir)?, Quora
- ↑ Old Hindu Temple Mandar, Tripadvisor
- ↑ DAWN (26 June 2019). "Hindu council delegation visits ancient temple site in AJK".
- ↑ Schaflechner, Jürgen (2018). Hinglaj Devi : identity, change, and solidification at a Hindu temple in Pakistan. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190850555. OCLC 1008771979. Search this book on
- ↑ 200-year-old temple in Quetta returned to Hindu community Dawn (newspaper)
- ↑ Mirri Fort and Hindu Temple in Quetta, Baluchistan, Pakistan Have Fun
- ↑ Zulfiqar Baig (21 December 2018). "Building temple: Hindu community hopes to secure PM Nawaz Shareef". Express Tribune. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ↑ Another old Hindu temple demolished in Haripur in Islamic Pakistan., Struggle for Hindu Existence
- ↑ Police conducts mock exercise at *Balmik Ji Temple, News Alerts
- ↑ Temples Of Kafir Kot & Bilout, Pakistan Geotagging
- ↑ Temples Of Kafir Kot & Bilout, Pakistan Geotagging
- ↑ Gurudwara Kali Devi, Distt Dera Ismail Khan, World Gurudwaras
- ↑ Minority rights: Another Hindu temple demolished The Express Tribune
- ↑ Temple at Hurripore (Hazara District) The British Library
- ↑ Footprints: A saint without a shrine Dawn (newspaper)
- ↑ When faith won over 'hate of partition': The story of two Shiva temples in Pakistan Zee News India
- ↑ Department of Archaeology and Museums (2004-01-30). "UNESCO world heritage Centre - Mansehra Rock Edicts". Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ↑ Hindu Guides Infantry Temple: The bell that rings no more
- ↑ Historic site demolished in Nankana Sahib DNA India
- ↑ Night of Shiv: Shivratri festival begins at Dargah Pir Ratan Nath The Express Tribune
- ↑ Gor Khattree and Gorakhnath Temple, Peshawar, Rediff.com.
- ↑ Gurdwara Bhai Joga Singh (Peshawar) Sikhi Wiki
- ↑ Goddess Kali Temple In Peshawar To Be Renovated For The First Time Since Partition India Times
- ↑ Pakistan declares Panj Tirath site as national heritage The Hindu Business Line
- ↑ Hindu temple sealed, two held for illegal repair work Dawn (newspaper)
- ↑ Rohtas Fort Hindu Temple in Pakistan MSN.
- ↑ Mari Indus Hindu temple in Pakistan MSN.
- ↑ Ali Usman Baig Blogger
- ↑ Krishna Temple — the only worship place for twin cities’ Hindus Dawn (newspaper)
- ↑ Pakistan’s long forgotten Hindu temples and Gurdwaras By Shiraz Hassan The Express Tribune
- ↑ The temples of Rawalpindi: Old wisdom in a new world Dawn (newspaper)
- ↑ Pakistan’s long forgotten Hindu temples and Gurdwaras The Express Tribune
- ↑ Pakistan’s long forgotten Hindu temples and Gurdwaras The Express Tribune
- ↑ Kahuta Hindu Temple in Pakistan
- ↑ Kalyan Das temple: An abandoned shelter for the blind The Express Tribune
- ↑ Mandir main mehrab – a temple inside a mosque in Rawalpindi Dawn (newspaper)
- ↑ Hindu Temples Of Lal Kurti Bazaar, Rawalpindi Pakistan Dunya News
- ↑ KRISHNA MANDIR TEMPLE RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN Have Fun
- ↑ Pakistan’s long-forgotten Hindu temples and Gurdwaras The Express Tribune
- ↑ The falling temples of Bhera. The Express Tribune
- ↑ 106 - A Tour of Bhera City 1: Four Hindu Temples & A Gurdwara in Bhera. Pakistan Geotagging
- ↑ Dahram Mandir Google Maps
- ↑ 106 - A Tour of Bhera City 1: Four Hindu Temples & A Gurdwara in Bhera. Pakistan Geotagging
- ↑ Temple Google Maps
- ↑ Hindu Temple in Sheesh Mahal Google Maps
- ↑ How Pakhtun Sikhs fleeing the Taliban made Nankana Sahib a cultural hub Dawn (newspaper), 9 Jan 2018.
- ↑ Hindu Temple at Qila Kalar Wala By Ucha Jajjah. Imglore
- ↑ Yagna at Mata Katyayani Temple in village Kakran, District Kulgam, Kashmir. IBTL
- ↑ Pooran Bhagat. Dawn (newspaper)
- ↑ Raghunath Temple. Google Maps
- ↑ Sialkot Hindu temples in Pakistan MSN.
- ↑ Once populated with temples, only traces of Hinduism remain in Laki, Dawn (newspaper), 17 April 2017.
- ↑ Naval Mandir, Rediff.com.
- ↑ Temple turns into slaughterhouse, The News International, 10 October 2006.
- ↑ Historic Shiv Mandir makes way for a Pir , The News International, 10 October 2006.
- ↑ Shiv temple turns into slaughterhouse in Pakistan.
- ↑ 1500 Year Old Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir in Karachi, Pakistan
- ↑ Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple In Karachi Is A Must Visit On A Devotees List. And It Has A Special Connection With No. 11, Dainik Bhaskar.
- ↑ Recycling history: And all of Hanuman’s men put this temple together again , The Express Tribune, 20 Feb 2012.
- ↑ Five most ancient Hindu temples of Pakistan
- ↑ Kalka Hindu temples in Pakistan, MSN.
- ↑ Kalika Cave Temple, Rediff.com.
- ↑ Sadhu Bela Hindu temples in Pakistan, MSN.
- ↑ Amarkot Hindu temples in Pakistan, MSN.
- ↑ Thar Hindu temples in Pakistan, MSN.
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