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Hinduism is the second-largest religion in Sindh, numbering 4.9 million people and comprising 8.8 percent of the province's population in the 2023 Pakistani census.Sindh has the largest population and the highest percentage of Hindus in Pakistan. [1]
Jhulelal (), the Ishta Devta of the Sindhi Hindus.. Sindhi Hindus are Sindhis who follow Hinduism.They are spread across modern-day Sindh, Pakistan and India.After the partition of India in 1947, many Sindhi Hindus were among those who fled from Pakistan to the dominion of India, in what was a wholesale exchange of Hindu and Muslim populations in some areas.
The Sindh Hindu Marriage Bill was passed by the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in February 2016. This was the first Hindu Marriage act in Pakistan. This was the first Hindu Marriage act in Pakistan. [ 198 ] [ 199 ] [ 200 ] It was amended in 2018 to include divorce rights, remarriage rights and financial security of the wife and children after ...
Umerkot district in the Thar Desert is Pakistan's only Hindu-majority district. The Shri Ramapir Temple in Tandoallahyar whose annual festival is the second largest Hindu pilgrimage in Pakistan is in Sindh. [109] Sindh is also the only province in Pakistan to have a separate law for governing Hindu marriages. [110]
Umarkot Shiv Mandir (Urdu: شِو مندِر), also known as Amarkot Shiv Mandir, is a Hindu temple situated in Umerkot District, near Rana Jaageer Goth, in Sindh Province of Pakistan. [1] This temple is perhaps the oldest in Sindh. The temple is one of the most sacred Hindu places of worship in the Sindh [2]
Hindu temples in Sindh (1 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Hinduism in Sindh" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect ...
The death rituals are almost same as other Hindu rituals of subcontinent, the Hindus mostly do cremation of dead bodies, but many Sindhi Hindus in Sindh also bury their dead bodies. Marka The Marka is a prayer meeting held usually within three days of a person's death.
Sadh Belo (Sindhi: ساڌ ٻيلو, Urdu: سادھ بھيلو), also spelt as Sadh Bela [1], or Sat, is an island in the Indus River near Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan that is famous for its highly revered Hindu temples. [2] The temples are associated with the syncretic Udasi movement of Sikhism. [3]