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Business News/ Photos / Photo Essay | A matter of faith

Photo Essay | A matter of faith

A new book documents the condition and colour of old Hindu temples in Pakistan

Photographs by Madiha Aijaz. Kali’s cave by the stream at Hinglaj, a town on the Makran coast in the Lasbela district of Balochistan, Pakistan.

1/6Photographs by Madiha Aijaz. Kali’s cave by the stream at Hinglaj, a town on the Makran coast in the Lasbela district of Balochistan, Pakistan.

The Kalka Cave Temple, located a mile away from the ancient capital of Sindh, Alor. It is believed that Kali appeared here on her journey to Hinglaj.

2/6The Kalka Cave Temple, located a mile away from the ancient capital of Sindh, Alor. It is believed that Kali appeared here on her journey to Hinglaj.

This ‘porch dome’ of the Sri Swaminarayan Temple in Karachi is akin to a Roman chapel’s. This is the only Swaminarayan temple in Pakistan.

3/6This ‘porch dome’ of the Sri Swaminarayan Temple in Karachi is akin to a Roman chapel’s. This is the only Swaminarayan temple in Pakistan.

Taking 21 rounds of the hallowed chamber at Karachi’s Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir is believed to be curative.

4/6Taking 21 rounds of the hallowed chamber at Karachi’s Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir is believed to be curative.

The 800-year-old Balmiki Temple or Neela Gumbad Mandir in Lahore has a wall painting of the sage Valmiki instructing Luv and Kush.

5/6The 800-year-old Balmiki Temple or Neela Gumbad Mandir in Lahore has a wall painting of the sage Valmiki instructing Luv and Kush.

‘Om Namah Shivay’ is written in Urdu at the entrance to the chamber housing the shivling at the Gor Khattree and Gorakhnath Temple in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

6/6‘Om Namah Shivay’ is written in Urdu at the entrance to the chamber housing the shivling at the Gor Khattree and Gorakhnath Temple in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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