{"id":118636,"date":"2021-09-27T16:56:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T23:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=118636"},"modified":"2021-09-27T16:56:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T23:56:36","slug":"ppfa-reiterates-demand-to-revitalize-hinglaj-temple-in-baluchistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/09\/27\/ppfa-reiterates-demand-to-revitalize-hinglaj-temple-in-baluchistan\/","title":{"rendered":"PPFA reiterates demand to revitalize Hinglaj temple in Baluchistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nava Thakuria<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Guwahati: As Durga Puja (also known as  Durgotsav or Sharodotsav) is set to begin\nnext month (11-15 October 2021), a northeast India-based forum of nationalist\ncitizens reiterates its demand to revitalize the Hinglaj Mata Mandir, a Shakti\nPeeth located in Baluchistan, which has mythological connections with Kamrup\nKamakhya legends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patriotic People\u2019s Front Assam (PPFA) in a statement\nurged the Union government in New Delhi to pursue with the Baluchistan\nauthorities for necessary steps so that the Sanatani Baloch nationals  can worship the deity without any fear or\ntrepidation during the annual religious festival that marks the victory of Maa\nDurga against the demon Mahishasura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hinglaj Mata temple in a mountain cave on the bank of\nHingol river inside Hingol National Park, adjacent to the Makran coast of\nArabian Sea in the south-western part of Pakistan, is a revered place for\nHindus and thousands gather there to pray in front of Goddess Shakti with\nrituals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prominent Baloch nationalist leader Hyrbyair Marri, while\ninteracting with the PPFA recently, mentioned that the Hinglaj Mata temple is\nin a deplorable condition due to the indifferent approach of occupying\nPakistani forces in Baluchistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President of the Free Baluchistan Movement said Baloch\npeople have high regards for the shrine even though majority of them practise\nIslam. The spirited  Baloch leader also\ngreeted the Hindu families of Baluchistan and Bharat (Hindustan) on the\noccasion of the impending religious festival that epitomizes the victory of\ngood over evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hinglaj temple has an idol of Goddess Shakti (Sati),\ndaughter of Daksha Maharaj, who married Lord Shiva against her father\u2019s wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to popular belief, in an important Yajna\norganised by proud king Daksha, Sati (Parvati) and Shiva were not invited, but\nshe wanted to attend the ritual. Daksha made humiliating comments against Shiva\nand, faced with the disgrace, Sati immolated herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angry Maheswar soon arrived there and cut Daksha’s head.\nMahadev then took Sati\u2019s corpse on his shoulder and performed Tandava Nritya as\nhe started wandering about. Then, with an aim to douse Shiva\u2019s rage, Lord\nVishnu cut Sati’s mortal remains into 51 pieces through Sudarsan Chakra. Body\nparts of Sati fell at various places and all these locations became places of\ndeep significance and came to known as Shakti Peeths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is believed that Sati\u2019s head with Hingul\n(vermillion\/sindoor) fell on the place (now in Baluchistan) where the Hinglaj\ntemple is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most sacred part (Yoni) fell on Nilachal hills of\npresent-day Guwahati (then a part of Kamrup empire), where the famous Kamakhya\ntemple is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PPFA appeals to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take\na personal interest to activate diplomatic channels with an aim to revive the\nHinglaj temple and pave easier ways for Indian pilgrims to visit the shrine. As\nthe Baloch nationals are secular in nature, they should also be taken into\nconfidence in fulfilling the dream, concluded the forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nava Thakuria Guwahati: As Durga Puja (also known as  Durgotsav or Sharodotsav) is set to begin next month (11-15 October 2021), a northeast India-based forum of nationalist citizens reiterates its demand to revitalize the Hinglaj Mata Mandir, a Shakti Peeth located in Baluchistan, which has mythological connections with Kamrup Kamakhya legends. Patriotic People\u2019s Front Assam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nava-thakuria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}