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Dear KARACHI temple officials, HINDU COUNCIL of PAKISTAN and friends,

Dear officials of the Hindu council of Pakistan, Glad
to see the information provided by you, and pictures of our temples and
Swaminarayn Temple in Karachi and
Pakistan. Here is details of the site and their committee members. wish
they also maintain communication with us. our community is also in CHITRAL
(actual name of CHILTRAL is mis-spellt as 'CHI' instead of 'SHE' in "SHETRAL"
come from original SANSKRIT word SHETRA, which means "FIELD" also in their local
language KHOWAR) we wish we get more information from temple officials and HINDU
COUNCIL of PAKISTAN for those two people of CHITRAL as well as two families of
BHUDIA of KUTCH (from village FOTADI and NARANPAR of BHUJ - KUTCH as bellow)

Also
Two BHUDIA Families from KUTCH (Village Foatdi -BHUJ and Village
NARANPUR of BHUJ)are in Karachi, we are looking for their contacts and
informations as well. DISTRICTPERSONS01CHITRAL02

14, 3rd Floor, Namco Center, Campbell Street
Karachi-Pakistan

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There are the following Temples of Hindus in Karachi for Performing their
Worship (Puja) and Places for Celebration of their Religious Festivals.

Ratneshwar Mahadev Temple At Clifton Karachi.
This
Temple is situated at the seaside of Clifton. It was constructed about more than
150 years ago in a cave in a hill. Grand Mela (Fair) of Lord Shiva (SHANKER) is
held for 3 days on Maha Shiva Ratri the day where in more than 25,000 people
visit the Temple for celebration & rituals on this occasion every year. On
every Monday, “Parsad”(sacred food) is distributed but now 7 days of week,
parsad is offered.

Laxmi Narain Temple At Native Jetty Bridge, Queens Road
Karachi.
This temple is constructed on land facing the sea under the
Native Jetty Bridge. It was constructed about 200 years back. In this temple,
Festival of Raksha Bandhan (NarialPuja), Ganesh Chaturthee, i.e. Birthday of
Shri Ganesh Deva and every Chand night is celebrated. It is a sacred place for
performing death rituals of Karni (11th day rituals) and offering Shiradh of
Pitras and for putting final Garba Murtis in sea water on the day of Nao-Ratree
& Ganesh Chaturithi.

Swami Narayan Temple Opposite Kmc M.A Jinnah Road Karachi.

It is a big Temple estate, surrounded by residential houses. It is
an old temple building, which dates back to more than 150 years. In this temple,
celebration of Swami Narain Jayanti, Sri Ram Navmi, Janam Ashtmi, Dasshera,
Diwali and mostly all the religious festivals are celebrated by Hindus, within
these premises, there is a temple of Guru Nanak where in every Chand Raat and
the birthday of Guru Nanak, Wasakhee, days are also celebrated by Hindus.

Guru Nanak Darbar Aram Bagh Karachi.


Panch Mukhi Hanuman Temple Soldier Bazzar Karachi.
It is
an old Temple constructed in 1927 and was under supervision of Mahant Beldev Das
Gadi Nasheen. Annual Festivals of Sri Ram Navmi, Hanuman Jantee, Janam Ashtmi
and Deshera are held, and on every Saturday and Tuesday, Sandur and Oil are
offered on statue of Panch Mukhi Hanuman, the curer of evil effects of Shanee
dev.

Seetla Mandir Bhimpura Karachi.
This is an old Temple
estate belonging to goddess, Seetla Mata wherein Puja for a cure of Small pox
and other skin diseases, is performed. Annual Fairs of Seetla Mata in the month
of Chetra, Thadhiree, Festivals in Asu are held in this Temple.

Devi Mata Temple Near Ashi Qaber Mithader Karachi.
This
Temple was constructed about 150 years back in the name of Warhai Mata Devi. On
every Wednesday, Devi Puja is performed and annual Nava Ratri and other Hindus
Festivals are also celebrated with Parsad & Bhandara (sacred food) under the
supervision of ALL HINDUS SHEWADHARIES ASSOCIATION.

Varun God (Radha Krishna – Sita Ram) Temple At Manora Cantt

The temple is situated on seashore of Manora cantt. This temple is
about 160 years old and designed perfectly as per Hindu Architecture. The temple
is carved from a blackish marble. Apart of Varun Devta temple there is small
temple of Shiv Shanker & statues of Hanuman & Sri Ganesh Mahraj are
still in good condition. Sindhi Hindu Businessmen built this temple &
renovated from time to time. After partition the temple was abandoned &
illegally occupied by land grabbers, recently Pakistan Hindu Council Karachi
took a bold step to renovate the same & how have brought back the sanctity
of temple & have been cleaned of all the impurities & garbage inside the
temple. The station Commander PNS Himalaya Manora cantt has very kindly handed
over the control of this temple to Pakistan Hindu Council Karachi, from June,
2007.

The Council plans to spend about Ten million rupees for uplift & to bring
this ancient temple to its original condition. Satsung will be held on every
Saturday & Parsad & Bhandara would also be managed every week free of
cost. Lot of devotes visit this picnic place & enjoy the waves of sea
direcltly hitting the temple. There is beautiful scene early in the morning at
sun rise. The atmosphere is marvelous & one feel great pleasure & peace
of mind along with glimpses of the temple & Darshan of Lord Shri Ram &
Lord Shri Krishna.

Hanuman Mandir Frere road sadder Karachi.


The Festivals of Shri Hanuman & Lord Shri Rama are celebrated every year.
Regular weekly Satsang is held on Tuesday & Saturday. Hanuman Seva Mandal is
also actively participating in all the functions & programmes & up keep
the Temple properly.

Shiv Mandir Karachi Islamia College Karachi.
Durga Devi Mandir
Karachi Gizri Karachi.
Krishna Mandir- Frere town Clifton Karachi.
Guru
Nanik Mandir Manora Karachi.
Radha Damodar / Temple Narayan pura Ranchore
Line Karachi.


Hindu Cremation Ground Karachi
Hindus observes lost
rituals of cremation of dead bodies at Hindu Cremation ground situated at Old
Golimar road Karachi.
Hindu Population in Pakistan
(Figures
available 1998 Census)
Persons - Total Population
2443614




N.W.F.P PROVINCE-7011
PUNJAB PROVINCE-116410
SINDH
PROVINCE-2280842

DISTRICT
PERSONS
DISTRICT
PERSONS
DISTRICT
PERSONS

01
CHITRAL
02
01
ATTOCK
190
01
JACOBABAD
50693

02
UPPER DIR
22
02
RAWALPINDI
430
02
SHIKARPUR
15855

03
LOWER DIR
24
03
JHELUM
205
03
LARKANA
27321

04
SWAT
158
04
CHAKWAL
164
04
SUKKUR
29800

05
SHANGLA
14
05
SARGODHA
142
05
GHOTKI
64817

06
BUNER
389
06
BHAKKAR
33
06
KHAIRPUR
45452

07
MALAKAND
142
07
KHUSHAB
167
07
NAUSHERO FEROZ
14458

08
KOHISTAN
6
08
MIANWALI
121
08
NAWABSHAH
30824

09
MANSHERA
72
09
FAISALABAD
903
09
DADU
34490

10
BATGRAM
117
10
JHANG
115
10
HYDERABAD
349167

11
ABBOTABAD
40
11
TOBA TEK SINGH
198
11
BADIN
226423

12
HARIPUR
36
12
GUJRANWALA
110
12
THATTA
32139

13
MARDAN
283
13
HAFIZABAD
126
13
SANGHAR
292687

14
SWABI
106
14
GUJRAT
238
14
MIRPURKHAS
296555

15
CHARSADDA
104
15
MANDI BAHAUDDIN
302
15
UMERKOT
315395

16
PESHAWAR
1224
16
SIALKOT
3577
16
THARPARKAR
369998

17
NOWSHERA
666
17
NAROWAL
1118
17
KARACHI


18
KOHAT
798
18
LAHORE
1607
18
EAST
14802

19
HANGU
156
19
KASUR
2115
19
WEST
7637

20
KARAK
10
20
OKARA
670
20
SOUTH
47003

21
BANNU
220
21
SHEIKHUPURA
1185
21
CENTRAL
4239

22
LAKKI MARWAT
8
22
VIHARI
343
22
MALIR
11087

23
D.I.KHAN
471
23
SAHIWAL
261




24
TANK
22
24
PAK PATTAN
77







25
MULTAN
1208





FATA AREA
1921
26
LODHRAN
50







27
KHANEWAL
249







28
D.G.KHAN
340







29
RAJANPUR
526







30
LAYYAH
810







31
MUZAFFARGARH
1115







32
BAHAWALPUR
22606







33
BAHAWALNAGAR
1603







34
RAHIM YAR KHAN
73506
























BALUCHISTAN PROVINCE
39146

01
QUETTA
4175
11
KOHLU
171
21
KHARAN
780

02
PISHIN
47
12
DERA BUGTI
1399
22
LASBELA
4504

03
KILLA ABDULLAH
171
13
JAFFARABAD
6529
23
KECH
979

04
CHAGAI
1941
14
NASIRABAD
1875
24
GAWADAR
721

05
LORALAI
466
15
BOLAN
4463
25
PANJGUR
457

06
BARKHAN
117
16
JHAL MAGSI
1198




07
KILLA SAIFULLAH
3
17
KALAT
1657




08
ZHOB
101
18
MASTUNG
1228




09
SIBI
2876
19
KHUZDAR
2962




10
ZIARAT
000
20
AWARAN
295




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