Pakistan: Work starts on first Hindu temple in Islamabad

Government to bear Rs100 million cost of temple construction in islamabad

Islamabad: Islamabad is good to go to open its first Hindu sanctuary to advance interfaith congruity in Pakistan, developing as the "center of strict the travel industry." 

The pivotal function was performed by Parliamentary Secretary on Human Rights Lal Chand Malhi in the city's H-9/2 zone. It will be first historically speaking sanctuary in ‪#Islamabad‬ since hundreds of years. The administration [has] gave 4 trenches of land to development of sanctuary. Long live Pakistan, Lal Chand tweeted.

The service was basic and gone to by Preetam Das, Mahesh Chaudhry, Ashok Kumar and Chaman Lal of Hindu Panchayat. The 20,000 square feet of land was at first allocated to the Hindu Council by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in 2017 yet the development was postponed because of authoritative issues. 

Pakistan government will bear the expense of the development of sanctuary which is assessed at Rs100 million (Dh2.1 million), said the Religious Affairs Minister Pir Noorul Haq Qadri.

Temple to fulfill demand of the Hindu community

The temple named as "Shri Krishna Mandir" would include space for strict customs just as an incineration site – a long-standing interest of the minority network. The nearby Hindu people group has been requesting the opening of a sanctuary in Islamabad as they needed to go to the twin-city Rawalpindi for revere. The sanctuary was required as the Hindu populace in Islamabad is becoming fundamentally in the course of the last two decades,Lal Chand said.

Islamabad and its religious history

Islamabad and its connecting regions were home to a few pre-1947 time Hindu strict destinations, for example, the one at Saidpur Village and close Rawal Lake, in any case, most "have been deserted" and are non-utilitarian. 

Conversing with Gulf News, Islamabad-based anthropologist, Dr Nadeem Omer Tarar, valued the activity, as it would prepare for interfaith agreement and comprehension. Be that as it may, he mentioned city specialists to reestablish and restore the hundreds of years old sanctuaries close to the Rawal Dam (built in 1883) in Islamabad, just as the sanctuaries in Rawalpindi. Dr Tarar, chief of the Center for Culture and Development, likewise encouraged the city organization to open Pakistan's just useful Buddhist sanctuary, situated in Diplomatic Enclave in Islamabad, to Buddhist people group and vacationers.

Pakistan to reopen and rebuild holy sites

In 2019, Pakistan chose to revive and reestablish 400 Hindu sanctuaries the nation over and hand them over to the Hindu people group. At the point when most Hindus left Pakistan in 1947, numerous sanctuaries endured misfortune and corruption because of infringement. A review by All-Pakistan Hindu Rights Movement prior found that the vast majority of the 428 Hindu sanctuaries were changed into stores, cafés, government workplaces and schools after segment. 

In November 2019, Pakistan opened the Kartarpur Corridor encouraging Indian pioneers a without visa strict hall to Darbar Sahib Gurudwara - one of Sikhism's holiest hallowed place.

Pakistan — a hub of religious tourism

Pakistan is an adored goal for the supporters of three significant religions, Buddhism, Sikhism and Hinduism. The nation lost a significant number of the valuable antiquities because of pirating and government's carelessness throughout the years. In any case, Pakistan's present legislature of Prime Minister Imran Khan is centered around advancing social legacy and strict the travel industry to make Pakistan "a significant strict center" for the Sikh, Hindu and Buddhist people group.