Famous Hinglaj Mata festival in Balochistan draws devotees from India and Pakistan

KARACHI: Hundreds of Hindu families from across the world have arrived to pay obeisance at Hinglaj Mata, located in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province.

Among them are Hindu devotees living in different parts of India and Pakistan.

More than a thousand police personnel have been deployed for the security of devotees in and around the temple premises.

The three-day mythological Hinglaj Mata Mahotsav began here on Monday. This festival was postponed for two years during the Corona period.

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This ancient temple is situated at the foothills of Kirthar mountain range in Kund Malir area of Lasbela district. It is considered one of the most prominent pilgrimage centers of Hindu civilization. It is one of the five ancient Hindu temples in the world.

Also,the holy place (peeth) of the Goddess Hingula is situated on the bank of the river Singhada at Talcher Gopal Prasad in Odisha’s Angul district. In Assam, there is a place of pilgrimage named Jwalamukhi where a similar Goddess Hingula or Hingulei or Hingulakshi is being worshiped.

The colour of fire is red like vermilion or Hingula. It is for this reason that the presiding diety of Talcher in village Gopal Prasad who bears the form of fire is named Goddess Hingula. Such holy- places (peeths) of Hingula are also situated even outside India in Karachi and Kabul. Both Hindus and Muslims worship at this holy place like that of Kaipadar in Khurda.

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