PAKISTAN, December 3, 2017 (Pakistan Today): Authorities are working on a comprehensive plan to restore religious sanctity and archaeological value of Katas Raj Temple near Chakwal. Evacuee Trust Property Board Chairman Siddiqul Farooq said this while talking to APP here on Sunday. He said that the plan was part of efforts of the government to work for minorities and provide them maximum facilities as an equal citizen of the country. “Katas Raj is a confluence of four civilisations. There are 3,000 years old Hindu temples, a stupa of Buddhism, a havali of Hari Singh Nalva, a Sikh general of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh and two mosques, situated close to each other,” the chairman added.
He said that Katas Raj was very much important and sacred place for Hindus all over the world. “We have divided our work on Katas Raj in two parts, first was for the functional temple, where people go for worship. “We have renovated it on modern lines and that part has been completed. In the second part, we are working on religious plus archaeological attractions of Katas Raj,” he added. He said that Amr Kund (sacred water), which was obtained from a well there, which was closed for several hundred years due to landslides or earthquakes etc, has been restored. Two sacred caves, which had been used as meditation in ancient times, have been discovered, developed and opened for the Hindu Yatris and other visitors.