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The temple is notable for its size and frontage, over 32,306 square yards (27,012 m 2) on the M. A. Jinnah Road in Karachi city. [2] The temple celebrated its anniversary of 216 years in April 2004. [2] There is a sacred cowshed within the premises of this temple. [3] The temple is located at the centre of a Hindu neighbourhood in Karachi.
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 ...
Hindu ghat at the temple. Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir (Urdu: لکشمی نارائن مندر) is a Hindu temple located in Karachi, Pakistan.According to the Pakistan Hindu Council, the temple was constructed around 200 years ago [when?] [1] and is an important worshiping site for the Hindus of the local community.
Dar-e-Meher (Zoroastrian Fire Temple) Dr. Daudpota Road Karachi: Upload Photo. SD-P-182 Sheikh Fida Ali Building Dr. Daudpota Road/Bohra Street Karachi:
The important temples built during that era include: The Shri Katas Raj Temples (Punjabi, Urdu: شری کٹاس راج مندر) also known as Qila Katas (قلعہ کٹاس), [8] is a complex of several Hindu temples connected to one another by walkways. [8] The temple complex surrounds a pond named Katas which is regarded as sacred by Hindus. [9]
It contains several Hindu temples, churches and the Sikh "Gurdwara Guru Garanth Sahib Sikh Sabha" temple, [2] which was renovated in 2014, [3] and serves the neighbourhood's 2,500 Sikhs. [4] Narayan Pura has been called a haven for minority religious groups in Karachi, [ 5 ] [ 3 ]
Architecture of a Hindu temple (Nagara style). These core elements are evidenced in the oldest surviving 5th–6th century CE temples. Hindu temple architecture as the main form of Hindu architecture has many different styles, though the basic nature of the Hindu temple remains the same, with the essential feature an inner sanctum, the garbha griha or womb-chamber, where the primary Murti or ...
Pakistan has a number of shrines that have become places of pilgrimage.They include mausolea and shrines of political leaders (of both pre-independence and post-independence Pakistan), shrines of religious leaders and pirs (saints) and shrines of leaders of various Islamic empires and dynasties.