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Sadh Belo Temple, Sukkur, Sindh

Water color, 1860.

Built on an island in river Indus, outskirts of Sukkur

Outside the Entrance.

The front Park.
INSIDE OF THE TEMPLE.

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Ganesh Idol

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Pavilion iside the temple.

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Temples In Nagarparkar – A Historical Site In Sindh

These are some images from the ancient historical places of Nagarparkar Sindh Pakistan.
The very rare piece of history belongs to heritage of Jainism and Hiduism in a now remote part of Nagarparkar, Sindh, also known as the “Rinn Of Kachh” in the history books.

Following pictures are taken from the recent tour of Nagarparkar and Karunjhar Hills.



A view of Naageshwar Hindu Temple



Image of Lord Shankar Mahadev decorated with peacock feathers and a Trishul can be seen on the right.



Various photos of Hindu saints and prophets inside Naageshwar Temple.



Ruins of an ancient Jain Temple Nagarparkar, it is one the Gorhi temples located in
Nagarparkar and Karunjhar Mountains.



These temples are supposed to have been constructed between 1375 and 1449 AD by
Jain Rajas There are miniatures, paintings and script carvings on the stone walls of temples
and many of them are tattered and unable to be recognized.



Remnant of a stone carving, a horse rider holding a spear ready for a war. Below the
horse rider there is a strange manuscript unable to read.



Another close-up of the stone carving, the script is supposed to be Gujarati language.
Only few stone sculptures and miniatures remain in those Jain temples.



If someone from India is able to read this script, please translate it .
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The Tower Of Silence on Defence Hill, Karachi.
The Parsis originated in Iran and they brought their beliefs here in the early 20th century.

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Temples In Nagarparkar – A Historical Site In Sindh

These are some images from the ancient historical places of Nagarparkar Sindh Pakistan.
The very rare piece of history belongs to heritage of Jainism and Hiduism in a now remote part of Nagarparkar, Sindh, also known as the “Rinn Of Kachh” in the history books.

Following pictures are taken from the recent tour of Nagarparkar and Karunjhar Hills.



A view of Naageshwar Hindu Temple



Image of Lord Shankar Mahadev decorated with peacock feathers and a Trishul can be seen on the right.



Various photos of Hindu saints and prophets inside Naageshwar Temple.



Ruins of an ancient Jain Temple Nagarparkar, it is one the Gorhi temples located in
Nagarparkar and Karunjhar Mountains.



These temples are supposed to have been constructed between 1375 and 1449 AD by
Jain Rajas There are miniatures, paintings and script carvings on the stone walls of temples
and many of them are tattered and unable to be recognized.



Remnant of a stone carving, a horse rider holding a spear ready for a war. Below the
horse rider there is a strange manuscript unable to read.



Another close-up of the stone carving, the script is supposed to be Gujarati language.
Only few stone sculptures and miniatures remain in those Jain temples.



If someone from India is able to read this script, please translate it .
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These in sanskrit, someone who knows this language can translate it

none the less great share, update more

 

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Pakistan Gurdwara Committee re-elects Sham Singh as president

Lahore :-
Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbhandik Committee (PSGPC) has re-elected unopposed Sham Singh as its president.

Singh was elected yesterday after a meeting between PSGPC members and Chairman Sadiqul Farooq of Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), which looks after the shrines and properties of minority communities.

My main priority was to ensure provision of better facilities to the Sikhs coming here for their holy places, Sham Singh told PTI after getting elected.

“The government needs to take well care of our gurdwaras across the country,” he said.

Speaking on the occasion, Farooq said Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would soon meet the Sikh leaders.

The government is providing best facilities to the minorities and land was being allocated for the construction of Gurdwara in Karachi, he said, adding that 1,000 more rooms will be constructed for the accommodation of Sikh pilgrims.

Nankana Sahib would be converted into an idol city and a board of governor would be formed to run five educational institutions and a Janke Devi hospital, the Nation reported.

The committee members voted in favour of Sham Singh to be the Pardhan (president) of the committee for 2015.

Sardar Tara Singh and Gopal Singh Chawla have been elected vice-president and secretary general of the committee respectively.

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Gurdwara Bhai Joga Singh (Peshawar)

It is situated in Jogan Shah area of Namakmandi of Peshawar City. The Gurdwara, which was founded when Peshawar was part of the Sikh Kingdom. It is named in honour of Bhai Joga Singh .

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Jamsheed Kaikobad Ardeshir Marker, Hilal-e-Imtiaz is a veteran Pakistani diplomat. He is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having been ambassador to more countries than any other person. He speaks English, Urdu, Gujarati, French,German, and Russian and was Pakistan's top envoy to the United States and more than a dozen other countries for more than three decades and earned the distinction as the world's longest-serving ambassador. He was a radio cricket commentator. His first broadcast was from the Karachi stadium. he originally worked in his family's "shipping and pharmaceutical" businesses, and moved into diplomacy in 1965 when he was appointed Pakistan's ambassador to Ghana

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Mr. Justice Retired Rana Bhagwandas a highly respected name of the Pakistani judiciary was a senior judge and former acting chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (CJP). He remained the acting CJP during the 2007 judicial crisis in Pakistan and also briefly became the acting Chief Justice of Pakistan when the incumbent Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry went on foreign tours in 2005 and 2006. Rana Bhagwandas worked as the Chairman of Federal Public Service Commission of Pakistan.

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have you posted about yahudi masjid? it was located in karachi!!!

 

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In the Sindh Gazetteer of 1907, Edward H. Aitken mentions that according to the 1901 census, the total population of Jews [in Sindh] was 482 and almost all of them live in Karachi. They are mostly from the Bani Israel community, it further states.

In his book ‘Karachi Tareekh Ke Aaeene Mein’ (Karachi in the Mirror of History), Muhammad Usman Damohi writes on page 652 that the Jews only had one cemetery in Karachi, located south-east of the Haji Camp area. It was called the Bani Israel Cemetery.

Mehmooda Rizwiya writes that the Old Jewish Cemetery is adjacent to Usmanabad and is in the south-east of the Haji Camp. She has also mentioned two synagogues in Karachi. Before we move to the two synagogues, we should be aware of how the migrant Pakistani Jews dwelling in Israel are doing and what they think of Karachi.

Daniel of Soldier Bazar

Renowned author, journalist and columnist, Muhammad Hanif once had the opportunity to visit Israel. Associated with the British Broadcasting Corporation, Hanif’s travelogue of this tour was broadcast from the BBC. It was later published in the renowned literato Ajmal Kamal’s monthly Aajmagazine in 2001 (edition no. 35).

In his travelogue, Hanif writes of an event that he attended during his visit to Israel. He says at the end of the event, the organisers suddenly remembered that Hanif had not delivered his speech, so they grabbed his arm and brought him on stage. Hanif writes, “I spoke and told them that I was not from India but Karachi, I said and I had come on account of some business. And then I went on to say how glad I was to see them etcetera… Upon hearing of my origins, a man sitting in the first row began sobbing. As soon as I stepped off stage, this man, probably in his later 40s then, obese in outlook and dark in complexion, came to me and took me to a corner where he embraced me like a long lost brother. This man was Daniel from Karachi’s Soldier Bazar. “I have not seen anyone from Karachi since 1968,” Daniel, still sobbing, told me. “I used to study there in an English medium school. We had our own mosque. Ayoub Khan (the then President of Pakistan) even sent police for its protection during the war of ‘67.”

Hand on his chest, Daniel then said, “We had no problems there (in Pakistan). No one ever said a bad thing to us. We just saw all the Jews were going to Israel and we followed. Do you know Zafar Khan of Soldier Bazar?”

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The cemetery had more than 500 graves.

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Gurdwara Biba Joga Singh REOPENS in Peshawar after 1940s

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[Talwar e Pakistan]

The truth is Pakistan was home to many faiths and ethnics but due to ignorance and stereotypical beliefs most minorities left but still hold a desire to return.

Many minorities, mostly Christians arent from Pakistan in the first place.

 

[prashantazazel]

The architectural excellence is mesmerising.

 

[Desertfalcon]

Many minorities, mostly Christians arent from Pakistan in the first place.

Where do you think they are from? According to religious demographers, virtually all Pakistani Christians are native Pakistanis.

Pakistani Catholic Church congregation.