List of Hindu temples in Pakistan

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), Shri Ramdev Pir temple (whose annual Ramdevpir Mela in the temple is the second largest Hindu pilgrimage in Pakistan, Umarkot Shiv Mandir (which is famous for its annual Shivrathri festival, which is one of the biggest religious festivals in Pakistan, and the Churrio Jabal Durga Mata Temple (famous for Shivrathri celebrations which is attended by 200,000 pilgrims).

Pakistan Administration Kashmir

Bhimber District

Kotli District

Mirpur District

Muzaffarabad District

Neelum District

Poonch District

Balochistan

Hawan at Hinglaj Mata temple

Lasbela District

Dera Bugti District

Kachhi District

Kalat District

Gwadar district

Quetta District

Sibi District

Zhob District

Islamabad

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Mansehra Shiva Temple

Abbottabad District

Dera Ismail Khan District

Haripur District

Karak District

Kohat District

Mansehra District

Mardan District

Nowshera District

Peshawar District

Swat District

Punjab

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

Attock District

Bahawalpur District

Rahim Yar Khan District

Bhakkar District

Chakwal District

Chiniot District

Faisalabad District

Gujranwala District

Gujrat District

Hafizabad District

Jhang District

Jhelum District

Kasur District

Khanewal District

Khushab District

Lahore District

Layyah District

Lodhran District

Mandi Bahauddin District

Mianwali District

Multan District

Nankana Sahib District

Narowal District

Okara District

Pakpattan District

Rajanpur district

Rawalpindi District

Sahiwal District

Sargodha District

Sialkot District

Toba Tek Singh District

Sindh

Parbrahm Ashram

Temples in Sindh province:

Badin District

Dadu District

Ghotki District

Hyderabad District

Jacobabad District

Jamshoro District

Karachi District

Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple in Karachi's Soldier Bazaar

Khairpur District

Larkana District

Matiari District

Mirpur Khas District

Shikarpur District

Sukkur District

Kalka Cave Temple in Rohri

Tando Allahyar District

Tharparkar District

Sant Nenuram Ashram

Thatta District

Umerkot District

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. 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, 2021 Bhong temple attack and the 2020 Karak temple attack. 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. However, some of the closed temples have been reopened following the Court rulings, and government intervention.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Demolished in December 2020 again

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