List of Hindu temples in Pakistan

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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 (famous for its annual Shivrathri festival, which is one of the biggest religious festivals in Pakistan.,[3] Churrio Jabal Durga Mata Temple (famous for Shivrathri celebrations which is attended by 200,000 pilgrims) etc[4]

Pakistan administered Jammu And Kashmir[]

Bhimber District[]

  • Shiv Temple at Barnala[5]

Kotli District[]

Mirpur District[]

Muzaffarabad District[]

  • Sita Ram Temple at Muzaffarabad City[11]

Neelum District[]

Poonch District[]

  • at Mandhole

Balochistan[]

See also: Hinduism in Balochistan
Hawan at Hinglaj Mata temple

Las Bela District[]

  • 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][12]
  • 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[13]

Dera Bugti District[]

  • Marrhi Mandir at Dera Bugti[14]

Harnai District[]

  • , Harnai
  • Shiva Temple, Harnai

Kachhi District[]

  • at Bhag Tehsil.
  • Banke Bihari Mandir, Chalgari

Kalat District[]

Khuzdar District[]

  • Ramdev Ji Mandir , Gajozai
  • ISKCON centre, Khuzdar

Loralai District[]

Mastung District[]

  • at Mastung.It has a tree with three branches representing Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh.
  • Kalka Mata Mandir at Mastung

Nasirabad District[]

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

Quetta District[]

Sibi District[]

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

Zhob District[]

  • Hindu temple, Zhob
  • Arya Samaj Temple,Zhob

Islamabad[]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[]

See also: Hinduism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mansehra Shiva Temple

Abbottabad District[]

  • Araya Temple at Nawanshehr Area
  • Krishna Temple [18]
  • Tramsal Temple in Jarral

Dera Ismail Khan District[]

  • Balmik Mandir at Jogianwala Mohallah[19]
  • Hindu Temple at Bilot[20]
  • Kafir Kot Temples at Kafir Kot[20]
  • Kali Mata Temple at Topanwala Chowk[21]

Haripur District[]

  • 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

Karak District[]

Kohat District[]

  • Valmiki Mandir

Malakand District[]

Mansehra District[]

  • 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.)[27]
  • Mansehra Shiva Temple at Chitti Gatti[28]

Mardan District[]

  • Laxmi Narain Mandir
  • Guides Infantry Temple at Hoti[29]

Nowshera District[]

  • Shiv Mandir

Peshawar District[]

Swat District[]

Punjab[]

See also: Hinduism in Punjab, Pakistan
Baba Ram Thaman Shrine in Kasur district
Bavalakh Nath Temple in Jhang

Attock District[]

Bahawalpur District[]

Bahawalnagar District[]

  • , Minchanabad

Rahim Yar Khan District[]

[38]

Bhakkar District[]

  • at Main Bazar
  • at Mankera

Chakwal District[]

  • Katasraj Temple at Katas Village
  • at Dalwal
  • at Malot
  • Old Hindu Temple at Dhurnal
  • at Katas Village
  • at Talagang

Chiniot District[]

  • was built by Maharaja Gulab Singh. [39]

Dera Ghazi Khan District[]

  • shiv mandir

Faisalabad District[]

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

Gujranwala District[]

  • Sheetla Mata Mandir at Sohdra
  • at Mohalla Pondawala
  • at Clock Tower Road
  • Shiv Temple at Nuinke
  •  : It is the Samadhi of Jain Archarya Vijayanandsuri at Bakhtay Wala [40]
  • Jain Temple at Rasool Nagar
  • at Badoki Gusaian
  • Kamleshvar Mahadev Mandir
  • Babraya wala Mandir

Gujrat District[]

Hafizabad District[]

Jhang District[]

  • Bavalakh nath mandir

Jhelum District[]

  • Hindu Temple at Mirzabad
  • Hindu Temple at Rohtas Fort[41]
  • Hindu Temple at Tilla Jogian
  • Shiva Temple at Bagh Mohalla

Kasur District[]

Khanewal District[]

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

Khushab District[]

Lahore District[]

See also: List of temples in Lahore

Layyah District[]

  • at Layyah

Lodhran District[]

  • Hindu Temple at Danwaran

Mandi Bahauddin District[]

  • shiva temple

Mianwali District[]

Multan District[]

  • Aditya Sun Temple at Suraj Kund
  • (Valmiki) at Multan
  • Hindu Temple at Bukhari Colony
  • at Inner City
  • at Inner City
  • Sri Narasimha Temple at Prahladpuri

Muzaffargarh District[]

  • krishna temple

Nankana Sahib District[]

  • Hindu Temple at Nankana Sahib

Narowal District[]

Okara District[]

  • Hindu Temple at Depalpur

Pakpattan District[]

Rajanpur district[]

  • krishna temple

Rawalpindi District[]

Sahiwal District[]

  • shiva mandir

Sargodha District[]

Sheikhupura District[]

  • Hindu temple at Pind Mirowal Moridke

Sialkot District[]

Toba Tek Singh District[]

  • Sri Sanatam Dharm Sabha Mandir

Vehari District[]

  • shiva mandir

Sindh[]

See also: Hinduism in Sindh province
Parbrahm Ashram

Temples in Sindh province:

Badin District[]

Dadu District[]

Ghotki District[]

  • Raharki Sahib at Raharki 5 km away from Daharki (Pakistan's biggest Hindu temple)[citation needed]
  • Shadani Darbar at Mirpur Mathelo
  • Hanuman Mandir at Mirpur Mathelo
  • Shri Krishna Mandir Aanand Dham, Devri road, Ghotki

Hyderabad District[]

  • ISKCON Hyderabad, Sindh
  • Shiv temple, Hyderabad
  • 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
  • at Peti Bazar
  • (Kundan Gir Marri)

Jamshoro District[]

Karachi District[]

  • at Kakri Ground or Lyari Town
  • Darya Lal Sankat Mochan Mandir (also called Jhoolay Lal Mandir) at Custom House
  • at Bombay Bazar
  • Guru Nanak Gurudwara at Karachi City
  • at Doli Khata
  • at Frere Road
  • Hinglaj Mata Mandir (also called Jagannath Akhra Mandir) at Bhimpura
  • ISKCON Karachi
  • at Shah Faisal Town
  • at Rancho Line
  • at Saddar
  • at Doli Khata
  • at Risala
  • 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.[66]
  • Pamwal Das Shiv Mandir at Lyari Town.[67][68][69]
  • 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.[70][71] 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.[72]
Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple in Karachi's Soldier Bazaar

Kashmore District[]

Khairpur District[]

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

Larkana District[]

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

Matiari District[]

  • Jhulelal Mandir at Oderolal Village

Mirpur Khas District[]

  • Shiv Temple at Heerabad
  • Shiv Temple at Laghari

Naushahro Feroze District[]

  • Darbar Sahib at Halani

Qambar Shahdadkot District[]

  • Qambar Darbar at Qambar
  • Shiv Mandir

Sanghar District[]

  • Khori Darbar mandir at khipro
  • Rato Kot Mandir at Sanghar
  • Sai Pursna Ram Darbar at Hathongo
  • Shri Shyam Dam Mandir, north of Baqar Khan Nizamani and west of Shahdadpur

Sujawal District[]

  • Shiv Mandir at Takanu in Jati Sujawal

Shikarpur District[]

Sukkur District[]

  • ISKCON Sukkur
  • Baba Khushi Ram Mandir at Sangrar
  • at
  • Kalka Cave Temple in Rohri, Sindh[74] 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.[75]
Kalka Cave Temple in Rohri

Tando Allahyar District[]

  • Ramapir Temple Tando Allahyar

Tando Muhammad Khan District[]

Tharparkar District[]

Sant Nenuram Ashram
  • Sant Nenuram Ashram in Islamkot
  • Anchlasar at Nagarparkar
  • Lakhan Bharti Temple at Nagarparkar
  • Baba Ramdev Mandir at Kasbo
  • Chamunda Shakti Mandir at Chelhar
  • Jain Temple at Bhodesar
  • Mata Rani Bhatiyani Temple at Nagarparkar
  • Parbrahm Ashram at Diplo
  • 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

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
  • [77]
  • Krishna Mandir at old Amarkot
  • Mandir at Cheelh
  • Ramdev Mandir at Goth Jafar Khan Dal
  • Umarkot Shiv Mandir at old Amarkot[78]
  • 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[]

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.[79] Nearly 1000 active and former Hindu temples were attacked in 1992 riots and in other attacks like 2014 Larkana temple attack, 2019 Ghotki riots, 2020 Karak temple attack etc[80] 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.[81] However some of the closed temples has been reopened following the Court rulings,[82] and government intervention.[83]

See also[]

References[]

Notelist

  1. ^ Demolished in December 2020 again[24][25]
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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