BalaNath Mandir in Makhad Sharif.
Makhad Sharif is a 1000 year old town in Attock district, Punjab, Pakistan. Makhad Sharif was originally just “Makhad” (deep ditch). Situated on the Sindhu river, it is the border town between Northern Punjab & Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
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Makhad Sharif is a 1000 year old town in Attock district, Punjab, Pakistan. Makhad Sharif was originally just “Makhad” (deep ditch). Situated on the Sindhu river, it is the border town between Northern Punjab & Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
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This town was used as a crossing point for trade caravans moving across the Sindhu River from India toward Central Asia. Makhad Shareef was one of the places along the Sindhu River where the water leveled out and slowed down enough for the people to arrange a crossing.
Hindus of Makhad were quite in number before 1947, and were successful businessmen. Makhad Hindus loved buying gold and had a fascination of hiding them in secret chambers in their homes, sometimes plastering it inside walls.
The local tradition was to keep wealth hidden in pots sealed in the walls or the attic. The Hindu gold has made several families rich after 1947.
This temple was relatively well preserved because the Hindu keeper of the temple stayed back while everyone else left in 1947.
This temple was relatively well preserved because the Hindu keeper of the temple stayed back while everyone else left in 1947.
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