List of Hindu temples in Pakistan

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]

Door of a Hindu Temple in Peshawar

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]

Balochistan

Kalat District
Las Bela District
  • Hinglaj Mata 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 claim Hinglaj as their main religious center. [4]
  • Shivaharkaray near Parkai railway station
Nasirabad District
  • Sahti Temple at Tamboo
Quetta District
  • Arya Samaj Mandir at Quetta [5]
  • Bhagat Chuharmal Mandir at Quetta
  • Krishna Mandir at Quetta
  • Sidh Pani Nath Ji Temple at Mirri Fort [6]
Sibi District

Islamabad

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Abbottabad District
  • Abbottabad Gurudwara at Main Bazar
  • Araya Temple at Nawanshehr Area (in ruins)
  • Krishna Temple (old), Destroyed [8]
  • Old Gurkhas Shiv Temple at Abbottabad
  • Shiva Temple and Dusehra House (partially in ruins)
  • Tramsal Temple at Jarral Shareef
Dera Ismail Khan District
  • Balmik Mandir at Jogianwala Mohallah [9]
  • Hindu Temple at Bilout [10]
  • Kafir Kot Temples at Kafir Kot [11]
  • Kali Mata Temple at Topanwala Chowk (illegally being used as a hotel) [12]
Haripur District
Karak District
  • Shri Paramhans Dayal Ji Maharaj at Teri [17]
Mansehra District
Mardan District
  • Laxmi Narain Mandir
  • Guides Infantry Temple at Hoti [20]
Nowshera District
  • Shiv Mandir
Peshawar District

Punjab

The intact but abandoned Bavalakh Nath Temple in Jhang
Attock District
Bhakkar District
  • Old Sheraan Wala Mandir at Main Bazar
  • Shri Mahavir Ji Mandir at Mankera
Chakwal District
  • Katasraj Temple at Katas Village
  • Malkana Temple at Dalwal
  • Malot Temple at Malot
  • Malot Temple at Malot
  • Old Hindu Mandir at Dhurnal
  • SatGhara at Katas Village
  • Sassi Da Kallara at Talagang
Faisalabad District
  • Sita-Ram Mandir at Jhang Bazar Chowk
Gujranwala District
  • Damdama Baba Sahib Singh Ji Bedi Gurudwara at Mohalla Pondawala
  • 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 Mandir at Badoki Gusaian
Gujrat District
Hafizabad District
Jhelum District
  • Bhai Karam Singh Gurdwara at Bagh Mohalla
  • Hindu Temple at Mirzabad
  • Hindu Temple at Rohtas Fort[28]
  • Hindu Temple at Tilla Jogian
  • Shiva Temple at Bagh Mohalla
Kasur District
  • Darbar Baba Lal Shahbaz Qalandar at Raja Jang
Khanewal District
Khushab District
Lahore District
Layyah District
Lodhran District
  • Mandir at Danwaran
Mianwali District
Multan District
  • 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
Nankana Sahib District
Narowal District
  • Hindu Temple at Farooq Gunj Mohalla
  • Hindu Temple at Suchkochack
Okara District
Pakpattan District
Rawalpindi District
Sargodha District
Sialkot District

Sindh

Dadu District
Ghotki District
Hyderabad District
  • Durga Shiv Mandir at Circuit House
  • Maa Kali Mandir
  • SSD Dham Mandir at Shahi Bazar
Jacobabad District
  • 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)
Jamshoro District
Karachi District
  • 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.[45]
  • Pamwal Das Shiv Mandir at Lyari Town. [46][47][48]
  • Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir 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.[49][50] 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
    [51]
  • 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
  • Shri Ratneshwar Mahadev Mandir at Clifton
  • Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
  • Shri Varun Dev Mandir at Manora beach[52]
Kashmore District
Khairpur District
  • Jhulay Lal Temple at Hindu Mohalla, Choondiko
Matiari District
Mirpur Khas District
  • Shiv Temple at Heerabad
  • Shiv Temple at Laghari
Naushahro Feroze District
  • Darbar Sahib at Halani
Qambar Shahdadkot District
  • Baba Hiradaram Mandir
  • Baba Khat Wala Shahib Mandir
  • Guru Nanik Dass Mandir
  • Qambar Darbar at Qambar
  • Shiv Mandir
Sanghar District
Sujawal District
  • Shiv Mandir at Takanu in Jati Sujawal
Shikarpur District
Sukkur District
  • Baba Khushi Ram Mandir at Sangrar
  • Jhulay Lal Mandir at Bagarji, Sukkur
  • Kalka Cave Temple, Arore near Rohri, Sindh[53] 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.[54]
Kalka cave temple in Rohri
Tando Allahyar District
Tharparkar District
Thatta District
  • 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
Umerkot District
  • Aasmaniyan Ro Thaan at Umarkot
  • Dado Khetaram Mandir at Pithoro
  • Dargh Pir Pithoro at Pithoro
  • Kali Mata Temple[56]
  • Krishna Mandir at old Amarkot
  • Mandir at Cheelh
  • Ramdev Mandir at Goth Jafar Khan Dal
  • Shiv Mandir at old Amarkot[57]
  • Shri Muralidhar Mandir at Umarkot
  • Shri Rattan Gir Goswami Mandir at Umarkot

See also


References

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
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