What is the history behind this renowned Hindu temple in Pakistan? Here’s everything you need to know about the Hinglaj temple.
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00:00In the
00:19Lazbela district of Balochistan on Pakistan's Makran coast, the mountain-enveloped Hinglaj
00:25Temple hosts a fair every year in the month of April.
00:29Millions of devotees attend this three-day fair.
00:54Hinglaj Temple is one of the 51 Shakti Peeths nestled in a mountain cave similar to Vaishnodevi
01:00in Jammu.
01:15According to Hindu beliefs, when Goddess Sati immolated herself, Lord Shiva began wandering
01:21the universe with her body.
01:24Lord Vishnu used his disgust to cleave Sati's body into pieces to break Shiva's trance.
01:30Wherever Sati's body parts fell, those places came to be known as Shakti Peeth.
01:35It is believed that the head of Goddess Sati fell at the Hinglaj Shakti Peeth.
02:05Due to the coastal highway in Balochistan, getting here has become somewhat easier compared
02:18to earlier times.
02:25The security of the Hinglaj fair is managed by the Pakistani army and police.
02:30However, there are no special arrangements for spending the night in this mountainous
02:35area, but people manage to accommodate wherever they can.
03:00Devotees who come here take a dip either before or after visiting the Goddess.
03:16In Muslim-dominated Pakistan, around 4.4 million Hindus reside, making up only 2.14% of the
03:23population.
03:24The people here want to promote pilgrimage tourism, similar to the Kartarpur corridor.
03:30The Kartarpur Corridor connects the Darbar Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan's Nehruwal district
03:35to the Dera Baba Nanak Sahib in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India.
03:40It was inaugurated on 9th November 2019, on the eve of Guru Nanak Dev's 550th birth anniversary.
03:47The corridor provides visa-free access for Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit the Darbar Sahib
03:52Gurdwara.
03:53Our brothers and sisters who live in India, give a lot of importance to this fair, especially
04:00to the Goddess Hinglaj, because this is our biggest heritage.
04:04We demand that the Kartarpur Corridor be inaugurated, and the Hinglaj Corridor be inaugurated
04:11in such a way that people from all over the world, millions of people will come here.
04:15Firstly, it will be a great message for our country, and it will have a great impact on
04:20the economy of our country.
04:22Kartarpur is a place of Hinduism, a place of Sanatana Dharma.
04:29If this Sanatana Dharma Corridor is inaugurated, people from all over the world will come here
04:37and take this message with them.
04:40Kartarpur is close to the border.
04:44Their borders are opened, but there is no border here.
04:49India's borders are closed.
04:51Yes, if they want, they can get a visa.
04:54Whether they come from Karachi or from Balochistan, they can come through vans, cars or buses.
05:02The government is thinking about it.
05:05Isn't it?
05:06They are thinking about it.
05:08If there is a solution to the problem, they will find a solution.
05:12If they get a visa and leave, the economy here will improve.
05:17Poverty will increase, trade will increase.
05:20Everything will happen.
05:21And I think that love will increase.
05:24Our relations will be stronger.
05:26We will try to get to know each other.
05:29We will meet.
05:30And love will increase.
05:31It is good for religion and good for the country.