Fate of Famous Hindu Temples in Pakistan - Pictures in order The 160-year-old Guru Gorkhnath temple was named after a Hindu spiritual leader Guru Goraknath. After the local Hindu community diminished post partition, the temple remained silent and sans rituals until the Peshawar High Court handed over its custody to the Hindu community early 2012. — in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Panja Sahib — in Hassan Abdal, Punjab, Pakistan Lahore chungi, Pakistan In Purana Qilla area lahore In Sagri village, Rawalpindi A temple near Rawal dam in Islamabad Mohan mandir, Lunda Bazaar — in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan Twin temples in Sagri village, Rawalpind n Gurdwara Bagh Sardaraan Krishna Temple, Steel Town — in Karachi, Sindh. SHRI RAMDEV SHIV SANTOSH MANDIR — in Karachi, Sindh. Chiniot: Hindu Mandir - built at the order of Maharaja Gulab Singh, a powerful Keshmiri king who expanded his rule into Chiniot after the 2nd Anglo-Sikh War. It now houses a school. Baba Bankhandi Maharaj had come to this place in 1823, either from Kero Khetar near Delhi or Nepal, and had chosen Menak Parbat (the island where the temple stands) as his abode. The eighth Gaddi Nasheen of Baba Bankhandi Maharaj, Sant Harnam Das, started construction of this temple in 1889, when Baba Bankhandi died. the temple is spread over nine acres and comprises a main place of worship (Asthan of Baba Bankhandi Maharaj), abodes for his ‘shish’ (students), a library which houses books on religion and Hindu mythology, separate ‘Bhandars’ (dining rooms) for women and men, separate places of worship for men and women, washrooms and a huge garden. Although the temple had withstood the floods of 1976, this year’s flood had wreaked havoc in the temple. Sri Varun Dev Temple Situated on the seashore off Manora Cantt, this Temple is about 160 years old and has been specifically designed as per Hindu architecture. The Temple was abandoned & illegally occupied by land grabbers after the 1947 partition. In 2007, Pakistan Hindu Council brought back the sanctity of the Temple by taking a bold step to renovate the same. The Station Commander, PNS Himalaya, Manora Cantt handed over the control of this Temple to Pakistan Hindu Council in June, 2007.
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