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Introduction and History in Brief
The temple is dedicated to Bhagwan Krishna. It was built in the 1850s to an unusual design.
Krishna Mandir, still under construction, is the first Hindu temple to be granted permission to be built in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, on 0.5 acre land in the H-9 area of Islamabad Capital Territory. It will be a place of worship for the 3,000 Hindu families living in Islamabad. The temple will be managed by the Pakistan Hindu Panchayat. The construction of the temple is controversial: since the approval the construction was challenged by many Islamic extremists and the construction site has been attacked and vandalised four times.
Important News Related to Temple
- Before 1947, temple structures were present in Islamabad and surrounding regions, such as the temple-like structures in Saidpur village, but they have been abandoned and are not used.[2] The Saidpur village was declared as a heritage site and since the temple is surrounded by shops and restaurants. The Hindus were not allowed to pray there.[6] The temple-like structure in Saidpur village is not actually a temple but a dharamshala.[4] According to the 1941 census, a majority of the population of the adjacent city of Rawalpindi was non-Muslim, and about 1/3rd of the total population there was Hindu.[7] Therefore, likely many Hindu temples and other non-Muslim places of worship existed in the area, but were abandoned after the partition. Islamabad was built in the immediate vicinity of Rawalpindi after partition.
- There are 737 Hindus living in Islamabad. Most of them are migrants from Sindh and Balochistan, and are businessmen, doctors or public and private sector employees.[3] The Hindu community has been demanding the allocation of land where they could build a temple. In 2016, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) allocated half an acre in sector H-9 for building a temple.[8][9] However, the small Hindu community of Islamabad was unable to collect the money required to build the temple: the money they collected through donations was only enough to build the boundary wall. So in 2018 the Hindu Community pleaded for help from the Prime Minister Imran Khan.[4] This demand was raised again in January 2020.[10] In June 2020, the Pakistan Religious Affairs Minister said that the government will give money for the construction of the temple. The groundbreaking ceremony of the temple construction was performed on 24 June 2020.[2] On 27 June 2020, the Prime Minister Imran Khan released ₹175,000,000 (US$2.3 million) for the construction of the temple.
- In 2018, some miscreants encroached the temple plot and made tents inside it. They were allegedly backed by the people from Seminary. They were cleared from the plot by the Islamabad capital administration after several months.
- Following the decision to construct a Hindu temple in Islamabad in 2020, some extremists spoke against it.[13] A petition was filed in the
- Lahore High Court against the construction of the temple. According to the petitioner, “Pakistan was created in the name of Islam and Pakistan’s Constitution does not allow any action against the principal of Islam”.[14] Three other petitions were filed in the Islamabad High Court against the temple construction.[15] The Islamabad High Court rejected the petition to stay the temple construction and the Court said that the rights of minorities are protected in the Constitution and it must be protected.[16] Fatwa was issued by the Jamia Ashrafia against the construction of a new Hindu temple in Pakistan.[17] The Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) opposed the construction of a Hindu temple. The PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi argued that Pakistan was created in the name of Islam and to build a Hindu temple is against Islam.[3] The religious parties like Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), Jamiat Ahle Hadith and Jamaat-e-Islami were against the construction of a Hindu temple as according to them it is against Pakistan’s ideology.[18] The Jamaat-e-Islami held a protest rally outside the Rawalpindi Press Club against the temple construction.[19] The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) is planning to file a petition in the Federal Shariat Court.[18] The Ittehad-e-Tanzeem Madaris (an umbrella body of the madrassa boards) also opposed the temple
- construction.[20] Certain media criticized the fundamentalists and stated that Islamabad has five wine shops and the fundamentalist were not opposing that but selectively criticising the temple construction.[21] However, Muslim groups like Pakistan Ulema Council,[22] Shia Ulema Board[23] and the Catholic Human rights organisation NCJP supported the temple construction.[24]
- Following the controversy, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) stopped the construction of the boundary wall around the temple plot and the Ministry of Religious Affairs decided to take advice from the Council of Islamic Ideology on the decision to give money for the temple construction.[12] However, the Pakistan Hindu Panchayat said that they had already submitted an application to the CDA for construction the wall but no response was provided.[25] Meanwhile, the partially build boundary wall was demolished by a group of extremists.[26] The videos of extremists demolishing the boundary wall went viral on social media and the Pakistanis heavily criticized the demolition.[25][27] One video was of an extremist demolishing the temple wall and the other was of another fundamentalist who is standing on the demolished wall and saying Azaan.[6] Following the incident the netizens in Pakistan started trending #MandirTauBanega on Twitter, which became one of the top trends on the social media.[25][27] The Amnesty International also urged Pakistan to reverse the decision of stopping the temple construction.[28] The extremists who demolished the wall were not arrested.[29] A video circulating on social media also showed a bearded man recording a message with his toddlers threatening to “kill every single Hindu”, igniting controversy.[30]
- On 8 June, the Islamabad High Court disposed all petitions against the construction of the temple and ordered that the construction can continue the after the building plan was approved by the CDA.[31] An Intra Court Appeal (ICA) was filed challenging this decision of the Islamabad High Court and Court decided to take the Intra Court Appeal.[32] Later the Court dismissed the Intra Court Appeal.[33] On June 8, first public protest supporting the construction of temple was held in Islamabad.[34] On July 10, another protest was held outside the UN Headquarters in Geneva.[35] Protest also happened in Nepal outside the Pakistan Embassy.[36] The United Kingdom government also expressed their displeasure over the opposition of the Temple construction.[37] In June, the Ministry of Religious Affairs asked advise from the Council of Islamic Ideology on the temple construction and whether the government can grant money for the temple construction.[38] On 28 October 2020, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) ruled that the construction of temple is not against the constitutional and the Sharia. The CII stated that the Hindu community in Islamabad have the right to have a place where they can perform last rites of the deceased according to religious instructions like all other religious groups in the country. However, the CII didn’t supported the govt funding for construction of temple but it recommended two solutions for funding. One suggestion was that the government could create a block fund and hand the amount to the minority community. Another was to amend the Act of the Evacuee Trust Property Board to meet the finances expenses to execute religious activities. In 21 December 2020, the CDA gave permission for the construction of a boundary wall around the temple and cremation site.
Manyatas
Temple is famous for the history itself as the temple was very small and suffered from a very abandoned condition but the devotees were fair enough to rebuild it as they know that the Government only believes in promoting Mazid and Churches but they don’t have enough time to renovate the village Temple.
Directly and indirectly,the devotees from the same village are linked to the temple like Bhagwan Shri Krishna is there himself.
Architecture
In the proposed site, in addition to the main Temple, there will be a community hall, a crematorium, accommodation space for visitors and parking space.
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Presiding Deity
Bhagwan Krishna 🙏
Krishna with weapons
Be A True Devotee
Worship your Isht in your tradition .
But passive worship is a total waste of your time and energy .
For True Worship ,a devotee MUST master the use of weapons the Deity bears.
Sudarshan Chakra,Bow – Arrow, Kamuki Gada and Sword are the weapons of Bhagwan Krisha.
Remember, for a Sanatani, Shastra (Weapon) and Shaastra (Holy Book) go together 🙏
A devotee must be learnt to use the respactive deity’s weapons like Sword,Gada, Trishula etc..
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The winter season is perfect to visit the place as it is so hot in Summers in Telangana which can cause dificulties to visit.
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Every year all major festival avam festivals are celebrated in the temple. it goes like this :-
Krishna Janmashtami, Radha Jayanti, Govardhan Puja, Holi, Ram Navami,Mahashivratri, Ganesha Chaturthi,Durga Puja, Navratris, Diwali etc..
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Modes of Travel
Transport between India and Pakistan has been developed for tourism and commercial purposes and bears much historical and political significance for both countries, which have possessed few transport links since the partition of India in 1947. In 2019, all public transport links between the two countries were severed because of Pakistani fury at India’s revocation of special status for Kashmir. The only way for travelers to make this journey is to cross on foot at Wagah.
- As per the Shimla Agreement of 1972 and in a bid to restore peaceful ties after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, both nations launched the Samjhauta Express (Samjhauta means “accord” or “compromise” in Hindi and Urdu), connecting the Pakistani city of Lahore with the Indian town of Attari, which is close proximity to the city of Amritsar.[11] The Thar Express was launched to connect the Pakistani city of Karachi through the Khokhrapar station and the Indian city of Jodhpur through the Munabao station.[2] Plans and negotiations are underway to launch a train service connecting the Pakistani city of Sialkot with the Indian city of Jammu.
- On 18 February 2007, 2 carriages of the train experienced alleged terrorist bombings near Panipat, Haryana in India. The 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings claimed lives of 68 people.[12] Both the Indian and Pakistani governments condemned the attack, and officials on both sides speculated that the perpetrators intended to disrupt improving relations between the two nations, There have been a number of breaks in the investigation of the bombings. As of 2011, nobody has been charged for the crime yet. It has been allegedly linked to Abhinav Bharat, a Hindu fundamentalist group in India. Other allegations also concurred on Lashkar-e-Taiba (a Pakistani-based terrorist organization).[13] A United States report declared Arif Qasmani to be involved in the attack.[14] The Thar Express is the other passenger railway link between the two countries, running from Karachi, Pakistan to Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. It was not discontinued after Partition but was after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. On 18 February 2006, it was revived after a period of 41 years.
In 2019, as a result of the revocation of special status for Kashmir, Pakistan’s railway minister Sheikh Rasheed decreed that there would be no more rail transport links between India and Pakistan.
- A bus service connecting Poonch (India) with Rawalkote (Pakistan) over 55 km was also launched on 20 June 2006. On 5 June 2008 the passenger quota on the Poonch-Rawalkote Bus was doubled. Bus services connecting Kargil (India) with Skardu (Pakistan), Jammu (India) with Sialkot (Pakistan) and Mirpur (Pakistan) are also being planned.
- The Delhi-Lahore Bus is a passenger bus service connecting the Indian capital of Delhi with the city of Lahore, Pakistan via the border transit post at Wagah, which is the only border crossing point between India and Pakistan opened for international travelers. The bus was of symbolic importance to the efforts of the governments of both nations to foster peaceful and friendly relations.[6] In its inaugural run on 19 February 1999, the bus carried the then-Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was to attend a summit in Lahore and was received by his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif at Wagah.[6][7] Its official name is the Sada-e-Sarhad (Urdu for Call of the Frontier).[7] The duration of the entire journey is eight hours, covering a distance of 530 km (329 mi).[8] While the bus service had continued to run during the Kargil War of 1999, it was suspended in the aftermath of the 2001 Indian Parliament attack on 13 December 2001, which the Indian government accused Pakistan of instigating.[9] The bus service was resumed on 16 July 2003 when bilateral relations had improved.[7] This service was suspended in 2019, as a result of Pakistani fury at the revocation of Kashmir’s special status.
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Shri Krishna Temple
5HGF+MCR, Kunri, Umerkot, Sindh, Pakistan