List of temples in Lahore

Temples in Lahore
لہور‬
لاہور‬
Temples in Lahore
Location in Pakistan
Coordinates: 31°32′59″N 74°20′37″E / 31.54972°N 74.34361°E / 31.54972; 74.34361Coordinates: 31°32′59″N 74°20′37″E / 31.54972°N 74.34361°E / 31.54972; 74.34361
Country  Pakistan
Province Punjab
Elevation 217 m (712 ft)
Time zone UTC+5 (PKT)
Postal code 54000
Dialling code 042[1]
Lahore Cantonment is a legally separate military-administered settlement.

Lahore, a Pakistani city which lies 22 km (14 miles) from the border with India, has a rich cosmopolitan history. It was the principal city of the vast plain of undivided Punjab for many centuries, and was also the capital of the Sikh empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh until the mid-1850s. It is today the capital of Punjab, the largest province of Pakistan.

Before the partition of India in 1947, Lahore was a cosmopolitan city with Hindu, Sikh and Jain residents. In 1941, 64.5% of the population of Lahore was Muslim and about 36% was Hindu or Sikh.[2] At that time, the city contained numerous, almost countless temples, gurudwaras and other non-Muslim centers of worship. In the seven decades thereafter, nearly all non-Muslim places of worship have been demolished or usurped, and it is an astonishing, unbelievable fact that there are, as of 2017, no more than two functional Hindu temples in the city. This is in striking contrast to any small or large city in India, across the same border of partition; every single mosque in Amritsar or Delhi has been maintained and new ones have been built regularly for the benefit of the thriving and ever-increasing population of Indian Muslims.

Hindu temples

Only Krishna mandir and Valmiki mandir are two functional Hindu temples in Lahore.[3]

  • Krishna Mandir, Lahore at Ravi Road,[4]
  • Valmiki Mandir, Lahore or Neela Gumbad Mandir, only functional temple in lahore besides Krishna temple[3]
  • Akbari Mandi Temple
  • Arya Samaj Mandir
  • Bhairav ka asthan, Ichra
  • Bal Mata temple at Shah almi
  • Chand raat temple, Ichra Lahore
  • Doodhwali Mata Nandir (between Shah Almi and Lohari gate)
  • Loh mandir (son of Lord Ram–Lahore is named after him)[5]
  • Mahadev, there is a Bhairav temple also
  • Mandir Wachhowali
  • Mela Ram Talao Mandir[6][7]
  • Model Town B Block Temple
  • Model Town D Block Temple (not in use)
  • Ramgali Temple
  • Sheetla mandir
  • Sharada Peeth (One of 18 Maha Shakti Peethas.Abandoned,now in ruins)

Jain temples

Sikh gurdwaras

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Dialing Codes". Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Forced Migration and Ethnic Cleansing in Lahore in 1947, Ishtiaq Ahmed, 2004" (PDF). Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  3. 1 2 Only two functional Hindu temples in Lahore
  4. ↑ One Hindu temple in Lahore, and no crematorium Archived 1 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "Hindu, Sikh temples in state of disrepair". Daily Times. 16 April 2004. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Hindu Temples of Pakistan". Shaivam.org. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2007. Temples and Gurdwaras in West Punjab
  8. ↑ "TEPA to remodel roads leading to Jain Mandir Chowk". Daily Times. 1 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "South Asia | Demolishing history in Pakistan". BBC News. 5 December 2002. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  10. ↑ Wikimapia
  11. ↑ LIST OF JAIN TEMPLES IN PAKISTAN Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ Gurudwara Prakash Asthan Sri Guru Ram Das Ji (Lahore) Archived 5 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ Archived 3 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
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