List of temples in Lahore
Temples in Lahore
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Lahore is the capital of
1961 census.[5]
As a result of religious demographic changes and political tensions, almost all Hindu and Jain temples have been abandoned in Lahore, although several important Sikh shrines continue to operate.
The condition of temples in Lahore is not good, it is not like that the city lack temples but they are not maintained so much as Hindus migrated from Lahore in 1947 en masse. In 1992 after demolition of Babri Masjid, in Pakistan especially in Lahore, temples were attacked and destroyed, many temples were completely destructed.[6]
Hindu temples
Only two Hindu temples are currently functional in Lahore.[7]
- Krishna Mandir, Lahore at Ravi Road,[8]
- Valmiki Mandir, Lahore or Neela Gumbad Mandir, only functional temple in lahore besides Krishna temple[7]
The following Hindu temples lay abandoned or were destroyed:
- Akbari Mandi Temple
- Arya Samaj Temple
- Bhairav ka Asthan, Ichhra
- Bal Mata Temple at Shah Almi
- Chand Raat Temple, Ichhra
- Doodhwali Mata Tample (between Shah Almi and Lohari gate)
- Lava Temple (son of Ram– According to Hindu legend, Lahore is named after him)[9]
- Mahadev, there is a Bhairav temple also
- Mandir Wachhowali
- Mela Ram Talao Temple
- Model Town B Block Temple
- Model Town D Block Temple
- Ramgali Temple
- Rattan Chand Temple, Old Anarkali and its former temple tank currently a grassy field known as Azad Park.
- Sheetla Temple, Mohalla Chiri Marian, Shah Almi
- Tulsi Mandir, Mohalla Chiri Marian, Shah Almi
- Aitchison College Temple
- Bhadrakali Temple, Gulzar Colony (Now a School)
- Old Basuli Hanuman Temple, Old Anarkali
- Devi ka Asthan, Lohari Gate
- Lala Nihal Chand Temple (Abandoned)
Jain temples
All of Jain temples in Lahore are either abandoned or destroyed.
- Jain
- Jain DigambarTemple with Shikhar, Thari Bhabrian
- Jain Shwetambar Dada Wadi (Mini Temple), Guru Mangat in Lahore Cantt
- Jain Digambar Temple with Shikhar, Old Anarkali (Jain Mandir Chawk[10])
- Aitchison College Jain Mandir
Sikh gurdwaras
Several of Lahore's gurdwaras remain functional, including:
- Samadhi of Ranjit Singh
- Gurdwara Dera Sahib
- Gurdwara Janam Asthan Guru Ram Das
- Shaheed Ganj Bhai Taru Singh (on the site of the former Shaheed Ganj Mosque)
- Gurdwara Shahid Ganj Singh Singhania
The following gurdwaras are abandoned:
- Gurudwara Guru Nanak Garh Sahib
- Gurudwara Baoli Sahib
- Gurudwara Chaumala
- Gurudwara Chhevin Patshahi, Mozang
- Gurdwara Lal Khoohi
- Gurudwara Janamsathan Bebe Nanki
See also
- Katasraj Temple
- Lava temple, Lahore fort
- Evacuee Trust Property Board
- Pakistan Hindu Council
- Shri Krishna Mandir, Rawalpindi
- List of Hindu temples in Pakistan
References
- Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited. Archived from the originalon 3 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "Forced Migration and Ethnic Cleansing in Lahore in 1947, Ishtiaq Ahmed, 2004" (PDF). Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ISBN 978-81-7824-131-9.
- ISBN 978-0-19-062167-4.
- ISBN 978-1-108-42811-8.
- ^ "The fate of Lahore's Hindu temples show the city's shift from a cosmopolitan to monolithic culture".
- ^ a b Only two functional Hindu temples in Lahore
- ^ One Hindu temple in Lahore, and no crematorium Archived 1 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Hindu, Sikh temples in state of disrepair". Daily Times. 16 April 2004. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ "TEPA to remodel roads leading to Jain Mandir Chowk". Daily Times. 1 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
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