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
- Mandhol Sun Temple at Mandhole
Balochistan
- Ramdev Ji Mandir, Gajozai
- ISKCON centre, Khuzdar
- Ram Mandir, Nuttal
- Bhagwan Vishnu Sthanam, Dera Murad Jamali
- Arya Samaj Temple at Quetta
- Bhagat Chuharmal Temple at Quetta
- Krishna Temple on Shawaksha Road
- Sidh Pani Nath Ji Temple at Mirri Fort
- Musafir Khana Temple on Dr Bano Road
- Musafir Khana Matha Temple on Jinnah Road
- ISKCON centre, Quetta
- Sibi Mandir
- Tili Van Mandir
- Pooja Mata Mandir at Lehri
- Hindu temple, Zhob
- Arya Samaj Temple, Zhob
Islamabad
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Araya Temple at Nawanshehr Area
- Krishna Temple
- Tramsal Temple in Jarral
- Temple of Garur Bhagwan at Kali Bari area- It is now converted to hotel.
- Balmik Mandir at Jogianwala Mohallah
- Hindu Temple at Bilot
- Kafir Kot Hindu temple complex - 7th Century Hindu temple Complex.
- Kali Mata Temple at Topanwala Chowk
- Bara Dari Temple at Sarai Saleh
- Gurdwara & Ganesh Mandir at Haripur City
- Krishna Temple at Main Bazar
- Maa Shairan Wali Temple at Main Bazar
- Shiv Mandir at Rehmania Bazar
- Hindu temple at Khanpur area. It was discovered in 2019. The temple is belived to be around 1000 years old.
- Valmiki Mandir
- Hindu temple in Kohat city- converted to school
- Laxmi Narain Mandir
- Guides Infantry Temple at Hoti
- Asamai Temples Complex at Asamai Gate - now leased to a families migrating from Kashmir.
- Balmiki Mandir at Kalibari
- Dargah Pir Ratan Nath at Jhanda Bazaar
- Gorakh Nath Temple at Gor Khatri
- Kalibari Mandir at Kalibari
- Nandi Mandir- closed for years
- Panj Tirath at Hashtnagri
- Valmiki Temple at R.A.Bazar
- Wangri Garan Temple at Hashtnagri It was under the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Department for Archaeology and Museums, which give the temple on lease. In 2016, the temple was demolished and a three-storey commercial plaza was built despite opposition from Hindu community.
Punjab
- Old Sheraan Wala Temple at Main Bazar
- Shri Mahavir Ji Temple at Mankera
- Bara Mandir was built by Maharaja Gulab Singh.
- Mandir at Moza Suliaman
- kartari lal mandir(inside Lahori gate)
- Hanuman Mandir at Ashrafabad
- Sita-Ram Temple at Jhang Bazar Chowk
- Bawalal nath mandir
- Massan mandir
- Hindu Temple at Mian Channun
- Sita Kund Mandir at Kabirwala
- Lachman Chotra at Kabirwala
- Ram Chotra at Kabirwala
- 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
- Hindu temple at Pind Mirowal Moridke
- Sri Sanatam Dharm Sabha Mandir
Sindh
Temples in Sindh province:
- Sacho Satram Dham (SSD), is one of biggest Hindu shrines in Sindh. Its spread over 300 acres.
- Devri Sahib temples at Raharki village is situated In the opposite river site of SSD. It is connected to the Sacho Satram Dham by SSD Century Celebration bridge.
- Shadani Darbar at Mirpur Mathelo
- Hanuman Mandir at Mirpur Mathelo
- Shri Krishna Mandir Aanand Dham, Devri road, Ghotki
- 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)
- 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 Karachi
- 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.
- Pamwal Das Shiv Mandir at Lyari Town.
- 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. 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.
- Jhulay Lal Temple at Hindu Mohalla, Choondiko
- ISKCON centre at Thari Mirwah
- ISKCON Larkana
- Chidakashi darbar Temple, Karma bagh
- Krishna temple
- Shivala temple
- Shiv Temple at Laghari
- Naon Nath Asthan Digri
- Lal shiv mandir
- Shiv Temple at Heerabad
- Shiv temple Malhi Goth (Baghat)
Kot ghulam Muhammad
- Shiv Mandir at Takanu in Jati Sujawal
- 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
- Aasmaniyan Ro Thaan at Umarkot
- Dado Khetaram Mandir at Pithoro
- Dargh Pir Pithoro at Pithoro
- Kali Mata Temple
- Krishna Mandir at old Amarkot
- Mandir at Cheelh
- Ramdev Mandir at Goth Jafar Khan Dal
- Umarkot Shiv Mandir at old Amarkot
- Shri Krishna Mandir at Kunri
- 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. 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.
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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 BhÃÂá¹Âá¹Âika, Laukika, and Sindh Eras
- Reema Abbasi, 2014, Historic Temples in Pakistan: A Call to Conscience