Narayan Pura ( ur, نارائن پورہ ), sometimes spelled Narayanpura, is a Hindu-dominated working-class locality in the
Ranchore Line neighbourhood in central
Karachi
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, near the
Dr. Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital. It has an estimated population of 10,000,
and is centred around Kalu Umaji Road. It contains several Hindu temples, churches and the Sikh ''"Gurdwara Guru Garanth Sahib Sikh Sabha"'' temple,
which was renovated in 2014,
and serves the neighbourhood's 2,500 Sikhs. Narayan Pura has been called a haven for minority religious groups in Karachi,
History
The neighbourhood was established in 1824 by an activist named Narayandas.
It was targeted by rioters in 1992 in retaliation for the destruction of the 500 year old
Babri Mosque
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in
India
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by a mob of
Hindu extremists earlier that year.
Place of worship
Churches
Park Methodist Church
Hindu Temples
Jog Maya Mandir
Hinglaj Mata Mandir
Manohar Temple
Ram Dev Gujarati Mandir
Shri Jai Veer Hanuman Mandir
Shri Nawal Mandir
Sikh Gurdwara
Gurdwara Guru Granth Sahib Sikh Sabha
References
External links
CDGK sweepers to vacate 35-year-old rickety building in Narain Pura
Neighbourhoods of Karachi
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