The Pakistan Hindu Council is alleged to have deliberate a perform on Monday (November 8) to have a good time Diwali at a century-old temple at Teri village in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. According to a report revealed in Pakistan newspaper Dawn, the Hindu Council has invited Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmad to take part within the Diwali celebration scheduled on the temple popularly referred to as Teri temple. The temple vandalized in December final 12 months has been renovated.
The temple is devoted to a saint Shri Param Hans Dayal Ji Maharaj who was laid to relaxation in 1919 and the temple was constructed right here in 1920. On December 30 final 12 months, the temple was vandalized by a mob led by native clerics belonging to the Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl.
A file image of Islamic radicals vandalizing Teri temple in December 2020 in Pakistan. Image supply DawnAccording to the report of the Dawn, a great variety of devotees from Sindh and Balochistan are anticipated to go to the temple. Hindu Council has requested the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) to make preparations for boarding and lodging of round 1,500 pilgrims at Hassanabdal. From Hassanabdal they are going to be taken to Teri on Monday for darshan and return the identical day.
PHC patron-in-chief and member of the National Assembly Dr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani stated that the presence of senior officers throughout the celebration would give a powerful message to the miscreants that their nefarious designs can be foiled by the state.
Hindu minorities in Pakistan together with Sikhs have been dealing with prosecution together with compelled conversion, abduction of their ladies and destruction of their temples and Gurudwaras. The shrine of Shri Param Hans Ji Maharaj is one such non secular place that was repeatedly vandalized. Apparently, the Hindu Council invited the Chief Justice of Pakistan for the programme as a thanksgiving. When the Pakistani authorities had allowed Islamic fundamentalists to prosecute Hindu minorities and destroy this temple, the Supreme Court of Pakistan had intervened.
On the orders of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Teri temple was restored to its authentic situation. A 3-judge SC bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed, had additionally ordered the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa authorities to get better Rs33 million from the culprits when Advocate General for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shumail Butt stated that Rs 33 million was spent on restoration of the temple.