ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, February 20, 2012 (IN.NEWS): After a six-year gap, a group of pilgrims from India celebrated Mahashivratri in a Hindu temple said to have been built more than 900 years ago.
The place is considered sacred due to a pond, which according to Hindu lore was formed from Lord Shiva’s tears. It is also said that the Pandava brothers stayed in the temple region for four out of the 14 years they spent in exile.
Fifty Hindus from India marked the festival at Katasraj in Punjab province. The Indian delegation, which reached Lahore Saturday through the Wagah border, was met by Evacuee Trust Property Board Pakistan chairman Asif Hashmi. The delegation returns to India Thursday.
The report said the last delegation of Hindus visited Pakistan in 2006.