Goraknath Temple

Temple, Peshawar

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Temple, Peshawar
Location within Pakistan
Geography
Coordinates 34°01′N 71°35′E / 34.017°N 71.583°E / 34.017; 71.583Coordinates: 34°01′N 71°35′E / 34.017°N 71.583°E / 34.017; 71.583
Country Pakistan
State/province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Peshwar
Locale Gor Khatri
Culture
Primary deity Guru Gorakhnath
Architecture
Architectural styles Hindu temple
Number of temples 1
History and governance
Governing body Pakistan Hindu Council
Website http://www.pakistanhinducouncil.org/

Goraknath Temple is a Hindu temple (also called a "mandir") located in the Gorkhatri area of Peshwar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The temple is dedicated to Guru Gorakhnath who founded the kanphata Jogi order at Tilla Jogian in the first century BC.[1][2][3][4]

History

Goraknath Temple is one of the few surviving Hindu temples in Peshawar, along with Kalibari Mandir and Dargah Pir Ratan Nath Jee, Jhanda Bazaar. A court ordered the Evacuee Trust Property Board to open this temple (or mandir) in Gorkhatri once a year on Diwali. The other two temples, Dargah Pir Ratan Nath Jee, Jhanda Bazaar and Kalibari Mandir, are ongoing functional temples in daily use.[1][2][3][4]

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