Sulfurned pain at a distance of 200 miles on a Hindu pilgrimage in Pakistan

Hingol National Park, Pakistan: When the 3 -year -old son of Amar Fakira lost a sudden movement in his leg last year, the doctors offered very little hope. As Terror caught his family, Fakira made a fast – if the boy recovered, he would make a pilgrimage of 200 miles through the holy site for Hindu minorities, the plains for the Hinglaj Devi temple and the Danteedar area. It is also a place where Pakistan’s largest annual Hindu festival is held, usually in mid -April.When the child gained strength after a year, Fakira left the temple at a seven -day walk in the late April, which was deep nests in the mountains of Balochistan’s war. Devi “heard me and fixed my son,” Fakira said before the trek, as she gathered with friends and family in her neighborhood in Karachi. “Why should I not fulfill my fast and bear some pain?”Fakira and two companions, wearing the headscarws of Saffron and carry a formal flag, joined thousands of others in Hinglaj Devi’s horrific journey. With a curved highway and sunshine desert paths, groups of firm pilgrims – mostly men, but also women and children – who were tried to the under undivided sky, in the summer that reached 45 Celsius. Some bore idols of the deity, and all chanting “Jai Mata Di”.Pilgrimage is a work of cultural protection along with spiritual devotion. The number of Hindus of Pakistan is around 4.4 million and less than 2% of the country’s population, which is more than 96% Muslim. Hindus are often considered as second class citizens, systematically discriminated against housing, jobs and government welfare.For many people, Hinglej Devi’s pilgrimage is comparable to the importance of Hajj in Islam, which is a time-life-life obligation of faith. The yearning to travel between Hindus in India is also strong, although it is very difficult for Indians to get a visa for Pakistan’s visit. The states with Pakistan’s border have deep spiritual relations of Hinglaj Devi which lies in traditions before partition.For most of the 20th century, Hinglaj Devi Temple remained inaccessible. The pilgrimage gained momentum in the 1990s only. The construction of the Makran coastal highway in the early 2000s led to a transformational change, connecting the rest of Pakistan to the Chinese-powered Gwadar Deep-C port. The highway reached the temple unprecedented – it became possible to make the wholesale of the journey by the vehicle, sweating with some efforts. Nevertheless, thousands of people continue to travel on foot. They are considered more spiritually dedicated. “The real pilgrimage is pain, in emotion,” Fakira said on the fourth day of her trek. After walking at a distance of about 70 miles, one of his two companions fell from heat tiredness and had to return home by bus. Fakira pushed forward, her legs blisters and banded. Each pilgrim runs with a personal fast.Part of a group of women dressed by Minakshi, yellow and red clothes, traveled to a son to ask the goddess. Nearby, 60 -year -old Raj Kumari was doing her seventh pilgrimage, praying for the good of her grandson. Apart from this, there was a childless couple on the trek, married to 2018. The Hinglaj Devi Temple is one of the sites where the remains of Sati, the goddess of marital devotion and longevity, fell to the earth after her self-disdest. For many loyal people, pilgrimage begins with a symbolic trek, which arises from the barren landscape near the Makran coastal highway for a holy clay volcano. At the summit, devotees are allowed to bounce coconut and rose petals in a bubbling pit. Many people also blot the volcanic soil on their face and body. The next phase takes pilgrims in the Hingol River for a ritual bath. From there, they are 28 miles in the Hinglaj Devi temple set inside a natural cave.There are four temples in complex houses, which are Nani temples. After reaching the temples, the devotees completed the pilgrimage with a difficult, hour track on the seven mountains, before returning to the temple to pray.