Baba Ram Thaman Shrine

Baba Ram Thaman Shrine
Baba Ram Thaman Smadh
Baba Ram Thaman Shrine
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictKasur District
DeityBaba Ram Thaman Bairagi[1]
Location
StatePunjab, Pakistan
CountryPakistan Pakistan
Baba Ram Thaman Shrine is located in Punjab, Pakistan
Baba Ram Thaman Shrine
Shown within Punjab, Pakistan
Baba Ram Thaman Shrine is located in Pakistan
Baba Ram Thaman Shrine
Baba Ram Thaman Shrine (Pakistan)
Baba Ram Thaman Shrine is located in Asia
Baba Ram Thaman Shrine
Baba Ram Thaman Shrine (Asia)
Geographic coordinates31°09′40.7″N 74°16′27.3″E / 31.161306°N 74.274250°E / 31.161306; 74.274250
Architecture
TypeHindu temple

Baba Ram Thaman Shrine is a Hindu Shrine located in the Khala Kharu village, in Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The Shrine is dedicated to Ram Thaman, a 16th-century Vaishnav saint. The Shrine is famous for its annual Vaisakhi fair.[2] The Shrine is a Smadh i.e. a sacred space constructed over the ashes and burial ground of a Hindu saint.[3] This is the one of 36 Dwaras of Ramanandi Sampradaya of Vaishnavas.[4]

  1. ^ पाकिस्तान-में-बाबा-राम-थमjamanaaaj.tv 27 April 2020 Archived 28 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "In defiance: Celebrating Baisakhi at a Hindu shrine in Pakistan". Scroll. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ^ "How colonialism eroded Pakistan's history of religious fluidity". Aljazeera. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  4. ^ "पाकिस्तान में बाबा राम थमन बैरागी के द्वारे पर सबसे बड़ा बैसाखी मेला". www.jamanaaaj.tv. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.