Shawala Teja Singh Hindu temple (Sialkot)

Pakistan / Punjab / Sialkot
 temple, place with historical importance
This uooncha shawala Teja singh is located in Dharowal Mohallah near khakim Akhter ,Haji Nazir Ahmed market at Iqbal rd at height of 100ft.From Iqbal Rd one has to climb up on staircases to reach the temple.

This is symbol of Hindu ethnic population who before partition used to pray, offer services and commemorate their Diwali,holI and dosahra with family.

now people,child's of around houses play in its corridor,no one haS ever attend here for repair or tehl sewa after partition.
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Coordinates:   32°29'27"N   74°32'41"E

Comments

  • freind try to protect your history from decay, we have pay penalty to our history for babari masjid sahadat, but our jama masjid and about thousand of masjids are protected and inriched here in india
  • Totally agreed, not only this place but all archaeological remains are in tatters in Pakistan.. seeing this i am going to this place tommorrow and would bring back some pics for you praveen
  • This is info is wrong that there was Hindu community lived here before partition Hindu community is still present in Sialkot and were using this temple in 80s but after babari masjid incident they stopped going to this temple or any other i still remember attending some Poja on Diwali and holi when I was in class 5 at the age of 9...
  • Kindly send me photogrpahs
  • rajatjaggi@hotmail.com
  • Can you send the pictures of this temple
  • Its good to see our old heritage before partition!
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