Hinglaj

Shaktipeeth

Situated within India, although there are shaktipeeth scattered outside of India. Certain pilgrim sites are well established and still active within Indian Subcontinent. 3 sites are at Nepal, 1 in Sri lanka, 7 in Bangladesh, 3 in Pakistan and one in Tibet.

Hinglaj Marutirtha –

Atleast 170 miles of Karachi, devotees & pilgrims from Indian subcontinent arrive through Quetta-Karachi Highway, untill zero point for 75 miles. Hindu believes that ‘Head of Sati’ with Hingul [ Sindhur, Vermillion ] is enshrined at Hingul Parvat of Makran.

Pilgrimage

It is said that Sita & Rama have visited Hinglaj, when they were on exile. Now many devotees within and outside Balochistan, still take pilgrimage. Many people call it ‘Nani Ki Hajj’.

At Hingol River, at the tail of Kheer Thar mountains, called ‘Kanraj’ at Lyari tehsil, Balochistan, like Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir or pilgrimage in steep mountains , Hinglaj Marutirtha is generally auspicious among many Hindu communities within Indian subcontinent. .