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Friday 5 April 2019

The last desolated Hindu Temple standing at Katha Saghral Khushab


02-02-2019

Katha Saghral is part of Khushab tehisl, the village is situated 25 km from Khushab on the Rawalpindi-Peshawar Road. It is semi-hilly and mineral area. Dozens of minerals including coal and salt are being mined in the surrounding area of this village. The population of this village is associated with agriculture and tomato is the famous cultivation of the area.

Before partition of sub-continent lots of Hindu family lives in this town.

An old, Hindu temple, standing in desolated state inside the premises of Government school on the main road of Katha Saghral. Nothing much knows about the year of construction of this edifice.

The temple is constructed of clay burnt bricks that are commonly known as ” lakhori ” popular in the mughal architecture and abundantly in Nawabi architecture of Faizabad and Lucknow .The form which is flat , thin , of red colour . Initial Awadh architectural structures were made of these slim elements. The best part is , it could be used and aligned in multiple formats of arches , sculptural facades because of their small size and thinness , they could be placed to make intricate shapes and fine details on walls and column surfaces

The structure consists of single story square “Sanctum” which was designed for placing the housing deity. In sanctum room corner squinches portion filled with extended flower bouquet element made of lime. From square sanctum structure main temple curvilinear spire (tower, sikhara) is raised, which is common type of northern Indian Shrines (Latinas). For construction of curvilinear spire small dimensions bricks used which are different from ground floor of temple.