Pakistani scribe Reema Abbasi pens book about ancient temples in Pakistan

NEW DELHI: Karachi-based journalist and author Reema Abbasi has attempted to document ancient temples dating back to over 1,500 years in Pakistan.

Filled with her text together with vivid pictures shot by photographer Madiha Aijaz, the book 'Historic Temples in Pakistan: a Call to Conscience' was released here recently.

It chronicles ancient pilgrimage sites like 'Hinglaj', 'Katas Raj', 'Kalka Cave' temple, 'Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir', and 'Shivala Mandir' amongst the many others in present day Pakistan with elaborate details accompanying the evocative photographs of archaic Hindu Shrines, rituals, festivals and regional populace.

A Niyogi books publication, the tome has been documented after an extensive research work in order to keep ancient emblems of faith alive in the memories of both India and Pakistan with a foreward by renowned journalist Jawed Naqvi.

"For the past 10 years my writings have maintained a focus on the values of secularism, tolerance and a pluralistic milieu. This book is basically a culmination of that journey. This particular journey has culminated but the quest is on", says Reema Abbasi about her decision to travel rigorously for a year and write this book.

The author says the process began as a guerrilla project for her and Aijaz, their travels taking them across the country to Balochistan, Sindh, and Peshawar.