If Sehwan Sharif is such a secular and multicultural place, why have they removed the original, ancient Shiva Linga from inside of Dargah in 1970 and buried it in an unknown place within its precincts?
Let people see this Sufi Dargah for what it really is.A former Shiva temple!
Let people see this Sufi Dargah for what it really is.A former Shiva temple!
The real name of Sehwan was Shivistan (land of Shiva).Sehwan was a popular temple and Math (Monastery) of Pashupata Shaivism. It was later converted to a Sufi Shrine.A Shiva Lingam existed in the center of Dargah until 1970.
Snippet from historian William Dalrymple's "Nine Lives"
Snippet from historian William Dalrymple's "Nine Lives"
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