Experiences / Faith & Pilgrimage / Hindu heritage

Hindu heritage

Temple complexes and sacred pools, Katas Raj and Sindh's living sites.

Key Places

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Punjab

Katas Raj Temples

Salt Range pilgrimage complex.

Balochistan

Hinglaj Mata Temple

Major Hindu pilgrimage site in the Hingol landscape near the Makran coast.

Sindh

Sadh Belo Temple

A white marble Hindu temple complex on its own island in the Indus at Sukkur, founded in the 1820s and still reached only by boat.

Punjab

Prahladpuri Temple

A ruined Hindu temple on the Multan Fort platform, dedicated to Narasimha and tied by legend to the Prahlad-Holika story behind the origins of Holi, standing beside the shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Kashmir Smast

A cave temple of Shiva high in the Sakra range above Katlang, the largest cave monument in Mardan District.

Sindh

Temple, Bhodesar

A Soomra-period temple of local granite at Bhodesar, near Nagarparkar, inside a low rubble compound wall.

Punjab

Amb Temples

The Amb Temples in the Salt Range near Sakesar: a 9th–10th-century Hindu temple complex of the Hindu Shahis, its main temple some 15 m tall.

Punjab

Hindu Temple-I (East of Indus View Hotel)

A small domed Hindu shrine at Attock, a rare survivor of the temples that once dotted the district.

Sindh

Kalka Devi Cave Temple, Aror

The Kalka Devi cave temple in the hills near Aror and Rohri: one of the holiest Hindu temples in Pakistan, visited by people of all faiths.

Planning Notes

Major festivals draw large domestic crowds, book stays early.
GreenPak Hotel Katas Raj is the natural base.

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