SURVEY OF SELECTIVE HINDU TEMPLES IN RAWALPINDI

Abstract

Many religions have flourished in this region, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. Many Hindu temples have been found in Pakistan some of them are also functional as the Hindu community still lives in Pakistan but in small amounts. One of the most important places of worship is the Katas Raj and Shri Hinglaj Mata temples. Following are the objectives of the study. Qualitative approach was used to document the temples in which the interviews of the relative authorities were taken, the reference was taken from the old literature present, and the significance of these temples was calculated from the primary and secondary data. Primary data consists of drawings, pictures, architectural style and interviews with locals while secondary data include books, journals and articles. Descriptive approach was also used by researcher. The researcher visited three temples that are located in Rawalpindi named as Krishna Temple, Kalyandas Temple and third one is Ganesha Temple It is concluded after the study that the cultural heritage tourism is not active in this region. The history of Pakistani culture, religions and history will be better understood, if the promotion of the culture heritage tourism flourish in the country. The heritage sites and monuments are popular locations for the people who are curious and keen to discover historical, cultural and archaeological sites. Keywords: Hindu temple, Architecture of Hindu temple