PPFA urges PM Modi to pursue with Islamabad on protection of Hindu shrines

Guwahati: Patriotic People's Front Assam (PPFA), while expressing
annoyances over the vandalism at an ancient Durga temple in Sindh
province of Pakistan recently, urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to
pursue with his counterpart in Islamabad for adequate protection and
preservation of all holy Hindu shrines in the trouble-torn neighboring
country.

Media reports reveal that a group of Islamists on 24 October 2020,
vandalised the temple in  Nagarparkar locality and even desecrated the
idol of Maa Durga soon after the Navratri prayer offered by the Hindu
devotees. Nagarparkar tehsil, which has a population of over 90,000
Hindus, is accomplished as a  rich Hindu heritage site with another
temple dedicated for Maa Jabal Durga. Lately the region  has witnessed
a series of forceful conversions of minority Hindus into Islam.

However, the attacked shrine was reported in some Indian media outlets
as being the sacred Hinglaj temple in  Balochistan (occupied by
Pakistan), which shares a connection with Kamrup Kamakhya legends. The
Hinglaj  shakti peeth temple is located in a mountain cave on the bank
of Hingol river inside Hingol National Park, adjacent to the Makran
coast of the Arabian Sea.

Baloch nationalist leader Hyrbyair Marri, in a conversation with the
form of nationalists, conformed that the Hinglaj temple was not
targeted.  According to religious legend, the smeared head of Sati
(Parvati) with Hingul (vermillion) had fallen at the spot where the
temple is located during Mahedev’s tandav nritya. The top leader of
Free Balochistan Movement asserted that Baloch nationalists have a
high regard for the Hindu shrine even though the majority of them are
Muslims.