Goraknath Temple

Temple, Peshawar
Temple, Peshawar
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Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Peshwar
Governing body	Pakistan Hindu Council
Location
Location	Gor Khatri
Country	Pakistan
Architecture
Type	Hindu temple
Website
	http://www.pakistanhinducouncil.org/

Kali Mandir, Kalat is a Hindu temple located in Gor Kahtri area of Peshwar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. The temple is dedicated to Guru Gorakhnath who founded kanphata Jogi order at Tilla Jogian in first century BC.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

It is one of the few surviving Hindu temple in Peshawar, along with Kalibari Mandir and Dargah Pir Ratan Nath Jee, Jhanda Bazaar. Kalibari Mandir. Court ordered the Evacuee Trust Property Board to open the Goraknath Mandir, Gor Khatri, which opens once a year on Diwali. Other two temples, Dargah Pir Ratan Nath Jee, Jhanda Bazaar and Kalibari Mandir, are ongoing functional temple in daily use.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]