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Hinglaj Mata (Hindi: हिंगलाज माता, Balochi: هنگلاج ماتا, Urdu: ہنگلاج ماتا, Sindhi: هنگلاج ماتا, हिग्लाज़ माता मंदिर), also known as Hinglaj Devi, Hingula Devi and Nani Mandir, is a Hindu temple in Hinglaj, a town on the Makran coast in the Lasbela district of Balochistan, and is the middle of the Hingol ...
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 ...
Shri Hinglaj Mata temple Shakta pitha is the largest Hindu pilgrimage centre in Pakistan. The annual Hinglaj Yatra is attended by more than 250,000 people. [5] Most of these historic places of goddess worship are in India, but there are seven in Bangladesh, four in Nepal, two in Pakistan, and one each in Tibet, Sri Lanka [3] and Bhutan. [6]
Sharada Peeth is a ruined Hindu temple and ancient centre of learning located in the Neelum Valley of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. Between the 6th and 12th centuries CE, it was among the most prominent temple universities in the Indian subcontinent .
Hinglaj Mata – A Shakthi Peeth in Pakistan's Balochistan province; Katasraj temple – Site of a famous temple which has a lake that is said to have been created from the teardrops of Shiva. Also known for being home of the Pandava brothers during part of their exile. Sharada Peeth – An abandoned Shakti Peeth
Despite its significance, the temple received fewer visitors until recent efforts improved road access and awareness. Today, the temple is seeing a steady increase in pilgrims, thanks to infrastructure development and growing word-of-mouth awareness. [10] Local priests and devotees have been instrumental in preserving and developing the temple.
The temple was visited by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan during this period. [8] In 1989, for the first time since the independence in 1947, a group of sadhus from the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad visited the temple. [7] Since then, small groups from the Ahmedabad temple pay this temple a visit every few years in a pilgrimage.
Pilgrims also visit several mud volcanos in the area (Chandragup pictured). [32] Karez System Cultural Landscape Balochistan: 2016 ii, vi, v (cultural) A karez, kariz, or qanat is a system for transporting water from an aquifer or water well to the surface, through an underground aqueduct (scheme pictured).