List of Hindu temples in Pakistan

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Guru Balpuri Ashram in Thana Bulla Khan

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 (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-administered Kashmir[edit]

Bhimber District[edit]

  • Shiv Temple at Barnala[5]

Kotli District[edit]

Mirpur District[edit]

Muzaffarabad District[edit]

Neelum District[edit]

Poonch District[edit]

  • Mandhol Sun Temple at Mandhole

Balochistan[edit]

Hawan at Hinglaj Mata temple

Lasbela District[edit]

Dera Bugti District[edit]

Harnai District[edit]

Kachhi District[edit]

Kalat District[edit]

Khuzdar District[edit]

  • Ramdev Ji Mandir , Gajozai
  • ISKCON centre, Khuzdar

Loralai District[edit]

Mastung District[edit]

Nasirabad District[edit]

  • Ram Mandir, Nuttal
  • Bhagwan Vishnu Sthanam , Dera Murad Jamali

Quetta District[edit]

Sibi District[edit]

  • Sibi Mandir
  • Tili Van Mandir
  • Pooja Mata Mandir at Lehri

Zhob District[edit]

  • Hindu temple, Zhob
  • Arya Samaj Temple, Zhob[19]

Islamabad[edit]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[edit]

Mansehra Shiva Temple

Abbottabad District[edit]

  • Araya Temple at Nawanshehr Area
  • Krishna Temple [21]
  • Tramsal Temple in Jarral

Dera Ismail Khan District[edit]

Haripur District[edit]

  • Bara Dari Temple at Sarai Saleh
  • Gurdwara & Ganesh Mandir at Haripur City
  • Krishna Temple at Main Bazar[25]
  • Maa Shairan Wali Temple at Main Bazar[26]
  • Shiv Mandir at Rehmania Bazar

Karak District[edit]

Kohat District[edit]

  • Valmiki Mandir

Malakand District[edit]

Mansehra District[edit]

Mardan District[edit]

  • Laxmi Narain Mandir
  • Guides Infantry Temple at Hoti[32]

Nowshera District[edit]

  • Shiv Mandir

Peshawar District[edit]

Swat District[edit]

Punjab[edit]

Baba Ram Thaman Shrine in Kasur district
Bavalakh Nath Temple in Jhang

Attock District[edit]

Bahawalpur District[edit]

Bahawalnagar District[edit]

Rahim Yar Khan District[edit]

[41]

Bhakkar District[edit]

Chakwal District[edit]

Chiniot District[edit]

  • Bara Mandir was built by Maharaja Gulab Singh.[42]
  • Mandir at Moza Suliaman
  • kartari lal mandir(inside Lahori gate)

Dera Ghazi Khan District[edit]

  • shiv mandir

Faisalabad District[edit]

  • Hanuman Mandir at Ashrafabad
  • Sita-Ram Temple at Jhang Bazar Chowk

Gujranwala District[edit]

Gujrat District[edit]

Hafizabad District[edit]

Jhang District[edit]

  • Bawalal nath mandir
  • Massan mandir

Jhelum District[edit]

Kasur District[edit]

Khanewal District[edit]

  • Hindu Temple at Mian Channun
  • Sita Kund Mandir at Kabirwala
  • Lachman Chotra at Kabirwala
  • Ram Chotra at Kabirwala

Khushab District[edit]

Lahore District[edit]

Layyah District[edit]

Lodhran District[edit]

  • Hindu Temple at Danwaran

Mandi Bahauddin District[edit]

  • shiva temple

Mianwali District[edit]

Multan District[edit]

Muzaffargarh District[edit]

  • krishna temple

Nankana Sahib District[edit]


Narowal District[edit]

  • Bhairavnath Temple at Zafarwal
  • Hindu temple in Zafarwal
  • Durga Mandir at Darman, Shakargarh
  • Hindu Temple at Farooq Gunj Mohalla
  • Shiva Temple at Sukhochak
  • Krishna Temple at Sukhochak
  • Digambar Jain Temple in Narowal
  • Jain Mandir in Sankhatra

Okara District[edit]

Pakpattan District[edit]

Rajanpur district[edit]

  • krishna temple

Rawalpindi District[edit]

Sahiwal District[edit]

  • shiva mandir

Sargodha District[edit]

Sheikhupura District[edit]

  • Hindu temple at Pind Mirowal Moridke

Sialkot District[edit]

Talagang District[edit]


Toba Tek Singh District[edit]

  • Sri Sanatam Dharm Sabha Mandir

Vehari District[edit]

  • Shiva Mandir

Sindh[edit]

Parbrahm Ashram

Temples in Sindh province:

Badin District[edit]

Dadu District[edit]

Ghotki District[edit]

Hyderabad District[edit]

  • ISKCON Hyderabad, Sindh
  • Shiv temple, Hyderabad
  • Durga Shiv Mandir at Circuit House
  • Maa Kali Mandir
  • SSD Dham Mandir at Shahi Bazar

Jacobabad District[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Karachi District[edit]

Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple in Karachi's Soldier Bazaar

Kashmore District[edit]

Khairpur District[edit]

  • Jhulay Lal Temple at Hindu Mohalla, Choondiko
  • ISKCON centre at Thari Mirwah

Larkana District[edit]

  • ISKCON Larkana
  • Chidakashi darbar Temple, Karma bagh
  • Krishna temple
  • Shivala temple

Matiari District[edit]

Mirpur Khas District[edit]

  • Shiv Temple at Laghari
  • Naon Nath Asthan Digri
  • Lal shiv mandir
  • Shiv Temple at Heerabad
  • Shiv temple Malhi Goth (Baghat)

Kot ghulam Muhammad

Naushahro Feroze District[edit]

  • Darbar Sahib at Halani

Qambar Shahdadkot District[edit]

Sanghar District[edit]

Sujawal District[edit]

  • Shiv Mandir at Takanu in Jati Sujawal

Shikarpur District[edit]

Sukkur District[edit]

Kalka Cave Temple in Rohri

Tando Allahyar District[edit]

Tando Muhammad Khan District[edit]

Tharparkar District[edit]

Sant Nenuram Ashram

Thatta District[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • Aasmaniyan Ro Thaan at Umarkot
  • Dado Khetaram Mandir at Pithoro
  • Dargh Pir Pithoro at Pithoro
  • Kali Mata Temple[81]
  • Krishna Mandir at old Amarkot
  • Mandir at Cheelh
  • Ramdev Mandir at Goth Jafar Khan Dal
  • Umarkot Shiv Mandir at old Amarkot[82]
  • Shri Muralidhar Mandir at Umarkot
  • Shri Rattan Gir Goswami Mandir at Umarkot
  • Majisa Batyani and Dado Sawai Singh Rathor Thaan (Dori Than) near moti chowk Amarkot

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.[83] 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, and the 2020 Karak temple attack.[84] 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.[85] However, some of the closed temples have been reopened following the Court rulings,[86] and government intervention.[87]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Demolished in December 2020 again[27][28]

References[edit]

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  45. ^ Mari Indus Hindu temple in Pakistan MSN.
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  53. ^ Mandir main mehrab – a temple inside a mosque in Rawalpindi Dawn (newspaper)
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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