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List of temples in Lahore
Lahore is the capital of Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan. The city contains many Hindu, Sikh, and Jain temples. Only two of its Hindu temples remain public places of Hindu worship. Despite Lahore having a large Hindu and Sikh population prior to 1947, the partition of India led to the vast majority of these residents migrating to the Republic of India, leaving many of their places of worship abandoned. Since then, the remaining sites have been repurposed as residences, schools, mosques, or been demolished. In recent-times, some former temples have been restored to their original function.
Lahore was a rich cosmopolitan history and was the principal city of the vast plain of the entire Punjab region for many centuries, and was the capital of the Sikh Empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh until the mid-1850s when it was conquered by the British. Before the partition of British India in 1947, Lahore had a large Hindu, Sikh and Jain population. In 1941, 64.5% of the population of Lahore was Muslim, while about 36% was Hindu or Sikh. At that time, the city contained numerous Hindu temples, Jain temples, and Sikh gurdwaras. The overwhelming majority of Lahore and West Punjab's non-Christian minority population fled to India at Partition, while East Punjab was similarly depopulated of almost its entire Muslim population. For example, on the eve of Partition, Amritsar was about 49% Muslim, whereas in the 1951 census, the figure had dropped to only 0.52%, while Ludhiana was 63% Muslim prior to Partition, but 97% Hindu and Sikh in the 1961 census. As a result of religious demographic changes and political tensions, almost all Hindu and Jain temples have been abandoned in Lahore, although several important Sikh shrines continue to operate.
The condition of temples in Lahore is not good, it is not like that the city lack temples but they are not maintained so much as Hindus migrated from Lahore in 1947 en masse. In 1992 after demolition of Babri Masjid, in Pakistan especially in Lahore, temples were attacked and destroyed, many temples were completely destructed. Only two temples remain function as public Hindu places of worship in the city, with there being numerous abandoned and dilapidated temples.
Only two Hindu temples are currently functional in Lahore.
The following Hindu temples lay abandoned or were destroyed:
Most of the Jain temples in Lahore are either abandoned or destroyed.
Of the over 200 historical Sikh sites that have been documented in Pakistan, mostly in Punjab, forty-four are known to exist in Lahore district.
Several of Lahore's gurdwaras remain in good-condition or are still functioning as Sikh places of worship, including:
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List of temples in Lahore
Lahore is the capital of Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan. The city contains many Hindu, Sikh, and Jain temples. Only two of its Hindu temples remain public places of Hindu worship. Despite Lahore having a large Hindu and Sikh population prior to 1947, the partition of India led to the vast majority of these residents migrating to the Republic of India, leaving many of their places of worship abandoned. Since then, the remaining sites have been repurposed as residences, schools, mosques, or been demolished. In recent-times, some former temples have been restored to their original function.
Lahore was a rich cosmopolitan history and was the principal city of the vast plain of the entire Punjab region for many centuries, and was the capital of the Sikh Empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh until the mid-1850s when it was conquered by the British. Before the partition of British India in 1947, Lahore had a large Hindu, Sikh and Jain population. In 1941, 64.5% of the population of Lahore was Muslim, while about 36% was Hindu or Sikh. At that time, the city contained numerous Hindu temples, Jain temples, and Sikh gurdwaras. The overwhelming majority of Lahore and West Punjab's non-Christian minority population fled to India at Partition, while East Punjab was similarly depopulated of almost its entire Muslim population. For example, on the eve of Partition, Amritsar was about 49% Muslim, whereas in the 1951 census, the figure had dropped to only 0.52%, while Ludhiana was 63% Muslim prior to Partition, but 97% Hindu and Sikh in the 1961 census. As a result of religious demographic changes and political tensions, almost all Hindu and Jain temples have been abandoned in Lahore, although several important Sikh shrines continue to operate.
The condition of temples in Lahore is not good, it is not like that the city lack temples but they are not maintained so much as Hindus migrated from Lahore in 1947 en masse. In 1992 after demolition of Babri Masjid, in Pakistan especially in Lahore, temples were attacked and destroyed, many temples were completely destructed. Only two temples remain function as public Hindu places of worship in the city, with there being numerous abandoned and dilapidated temples.
Only two Hindu temples are currently functional in Lahore.
The following Hindu temples lay abandoned or were destroyed:
Most of the Jain temples in Lahore are either abandoned or destroyed.
Of the over 200 historical Sikh sites that have been documented in Pakistan, mostly in Punjab, forty-four are known to exist in Lahore district.
Several of Lahore's gurdwaras remain in good-condition or are still functioning as Sikh places of worship, including: