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Sep 14, 2022, 17 tweets

Shri Swaminarayan Mandir at Bandar Road (Now MA Jinnah Road), Karachi in 🇵🇰

(Image Courtesy: Wikipedia page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shri_Swam…)

Shri Krishna Mandir at Ravi Road, opposite of Timber Market, Lahore in 🇵🇰

PS: This mandir was built before partition but its outer structure is now made to look like a godown probably to camouflage it from potential desecration!

(Image Credit: YouTube clip)

Gorakhnath Mandir, Peshawar [earlier Pushkalavati] in 🇵🇰

Read more: rediff.com/news/slide-sho…

Shri Krishna Mandir, Quetta [earlier Shalkot]

(Image Credit: Imgur site)

Sita-Ram/Sitla Mandir at Jhang Bazar Chowk, Faisalabad [Earlier Lyallpur named after Sir James Lyall] in 🇵🇰

(Image Credit: Imgur site)

Read more: imgur.com/gallery/XwtTd0J

Shivala Teja Singh Mandir, Sialkot [Earlier Sangala] in 🇵🇰

(Image Credit: Wikipedia)

Hindu Mandir ruins probably at Farooq Gunj Mohalla Narowal, Gujranwala [Earlier Serai Gujran, then Khanpur Sansi] in 🇵🇰

(Read more: helpmecovid.com/pk/84998_hindu…)

Bara Darwaza Kot Ruken Din Khan, a popular Hindu temple gate in Kasur [Earlier Kashawar after Prince Kush, 1 of the sons of Ram Ji & Sita Maiya] in 🇵🇰

(Image Credit: Top-rated online site)

Kalka Devi Mandir, Sukkur in Sindh 🇵🇰 [name derived from Sindhi word Sukh meaning comfort]

(Image Credit: heritage{.}eftsindh site)

Couldn't tag @Bha7at1_Shanka7 & @CodeNameProteus Ji; respect to all #Sindhi Hindus 🙏

Umarkot Shiv Mandir, Umerkot in Sindh 🇵🇰 [city named after local Ruler of Sindh Umer Soomro]

(Image Credit: Wikipedia page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umarkot_S…)

@FanViveck Sir can opine here 🙏

Bhagwan Shiva Temple, Mansehra in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Earlier NWFP] in 🇵🇰

PS: City's name derived from name of its founder Sardar Mahan Singh Mirpuri (Image Credit: Wikipedia page)

Bawa Lal Nath Mandir (Nathdawara) at Band Sabaz Mandi Road of Ralbazar, Jhang [Earlier Jangala/Jang Sial] in 🇵🇰

(Image Credit: Wikimedia page)

Abandoned Bara Mandir, Chiniot [Earlier Chandaniot found by Princess Chandan, an ancient Hindu king's daughter as per Wiki but @Aabhas24 Bhaiya can research on it] in 🇵🇰

Malot Mandir ruins in Jhelum city of 🇵🇰 [Earlier Jal (pure water) & Ham (snow), later "Ja-e-Alam" which means "Place of the Flag" by invader Dara-e-Azam]

Parnami Mandir at Malka Hans, Pakpattan in 🇵🇰 [Earlier Ajodhan till 16th Century]

(Image Courtesy: Imgur site)

Baradari Mandir at Khurd near GT Road, Attock in 🇵🇰

(Image Credit to Imgur page: imgur.com/gallery/DyyHHeL)

"अटक से कटक" [Attock to Cuttack] hints at Akhand Bharat jingoism 🚩

Hindu Mandir of Taxila in 🇵🇰 [Earlier Takṣaśilā in Sanskrit/Takhkhasilā in Pali since the city was named in honor of Bharat Ji's son, Taksha]

(Image Credit: Alamy site)

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