Navratri Special : Not Just India, Pakistan Too Celebrates Navratri

With amazing celebration of Navratri in different of India, Day 9 marks the end of it. But do you know apart from India, even Pakistan celebrates Navratri with full enthusizm. No no, not whole of Pakistan, but there is a temple in Pakistan where, Navratri is celebrated.

You should not be surprised to know that Goddess mother is also worshiped in Pakistan, in the Hinglaj temple located in the Balochistan state of Pakistan, the ancient scenery of Goddess Hinglaj Shaktipeeth is present. Mata Hinglaj's fame is not only in Karachi and Pakistan but all over India.

According to the Hindus, the site is one of the 51 Shakti Peeths of Hinduism. A Shakti Peeth is a place associated with Sati – the wife of Lord Shiva. Hindus believe that the head of Sati fell at Hinglaj, thus making it the most important of all Shakti Peeths in the sub-continent.

The temple is like a shrine nestled in a small cave like opening at the foot of a mountain. There is only a mark of a Sun and a Moon on the shrine believed to have been made by Lord Ram.

Pilgrims walk on foot over the rocky desert landscape to reach the temple as a form of penance.