Hello, local guides,
In Gems Of The World - A Connect Travel Post Challenge, we are seeing amazing places of the world, which are unique, awesome, and worth visiting, and of course pride of any country, so today I’m adding one more terrific place which you must visit if you are visiting Hyderabad Sindh.
Local Guides from Karachi, I & @SwalayMuhammad were invited for some Local Guides activities in Hyderabad Sindhby our friend and an enthusiastic Local Guide @sheeraz Panhwar.
In the daytime, we did all these activities so adequately, at the way back to our staying place which was STDC 's Writers Lounge, Sheeraz asked us if we are not tired and want to visit "one of the oldest Mandir of Sindh", it was a great opportunity for me to visit any Hindu Temple for the first time in my life, so I said “yes” instantly
So he brought us to the Circuit House area of Hyderabad where we were going to visit Prachin Durgah Shiv Mandir. Which is positioned in the heart of Hyderabad city, the area called Circuit House.
Here is my Google Maps review about this remarkable Mandir of Sindh.
Let me share a little bit about this amazing & Unique Hindu Temple. I will describe more at the end of the post why this Mandir was so unique.
Prachin Durga Shiv Mandir was built by the Ancestors of Bhagat Karam Chand (Current Pujari Jee) & Mukhi Mahesh Chand (Deputy Joint Secretary of All Pakistan Hindu Panchayat) in 1768 in the Capital of the Kalhora Dynasty "NeroonKot Sindh ‘’ (which was named Hyderabad later).
The "Kalhora Dynasty" ruled Sindh and parts of the Punjab region between 1701 and 1783 from their capital of Khudabad, before changing to NeroonKot from 1768 onwards.
We reached Mandir around 6 pm, where Mukhi Mahesh Chandwelcomed us. The first Morti which was on the Entrance was Hanuman Jee, as Hindu Believe “Hanuman” is a Hindu God and divine vanara companion of the God Rama. Instantly I started a video call with my friends from India @NareshDarji & @TusharSuradkar to show them this ancient Mandir. After seeing their happy faces, I started to show them around the Mandir and my friendTushar and Naresh started describing to me about each Hindu God one by one, with their names and reason for their holiness.
After a delightful video call, we met the Mr. @Maheshkumarchand , and it was surprising for me that, this gentleman who have so many responsibilities with so much traveling to listen and solve problems of the Hindu community all around Pakistan also giving time to volunteering for Google maps, and a level 6 Local Guide
Bhagat Karam Chand & Mahesh Bhai showed a great gesture and treated us with tea & snacks there. And also as an honor, he gifted us traditional Chunri as a memory of our visit to Prachin Durga Shiv Mandir.
In the start, I mentioned that Prachin Durgah Shiv Mandir Hyderabad Sindh is so unique because as Naresh & __Tushar__said, usually a mandir dedicate to the worship of anyone Hindu God, like in Pakistan also, there are separate Shiv Mandir, Mata Mandir, Durga Mandir, Hanuman Mandir, but in Prachin Durga Shiv Mandir there were many Hindu God & Goddess’s idols were together under one roof, which is so rare and unique to see in Mandirs in Pakistan & India
(Please correct me if I’m wrong anywhere, I will edit the post)
And the most fantastic thing which I noted was there was Accessibility-friendly features (unfortunately I couldn’t document the entrance of the Mandir by uploading photos on Google Map because of darkness there)
So, friends, this is one of the places which made me so proud, that’s why I want to add it to my list of Gems Of Pakistan & also in #GemsOfTheWorld - A Connect Travel Post Challenge.