{"id":3431,"date":"2025-06-19T10:15:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T05:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=3431"},"modified":"2025-06-19T14:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:30:45","slug":"hinglaj-mata-temple-declared-world-tourism-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/19\/hinglaj-mata-temple-declared-world-tourism-site","title":{"rendered":"Hinglaj Mata Temple Declared World Tourism Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"381\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: The historic Hinglaj Mata Temple in Balochistan\u2019s Lasbela district has been officially declared a world tourism site by the provincial government, marking a major step toward promoting religious tourism and cultural heritage in the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"383\" data-end=\"625\">The announcement was made following a meeting between Balochistan Chief Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/10\/cm-bugti-pledges-local-solutions-for-balochistan\">Sarfraz Bugti<\/a> and Senator Danesh Kumar, where both leaders discussed new initiatives to attract global attention to minority religious landmarks in the province.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"627\" data-end=\"814\">The centuries-old Hinglaj Mata Temple is one of the most sacred Hindu pilgrimage sites in Pakistan, drawing hundreds of thousands of devotees from within the country and abroad each year.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"846\">Boost to Religious Tourism<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"986\">The Balochistan government aims to use the designation to elevate the province\u2019s image and highlight its religious and cultural diversity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"1161\">Chief Minister Bugti said Balochistan proudly represents a blend of cultures and religions and emphasized the importance of showcasing its spirit of tolerance and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1163\" data-end=\"1334\">He called the temple a symbol of Balochistan\u2019s deep-rooted pluralistic traditions and said its recognition on the global tourism map reflects the province\u2019s rich heritage.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1336\" data-end=\"1363\">Funding for Development<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1365\" data-end=\"1531\">To support the initiative, the government has allocated special funds for the renovation of the Hinglaj Mata Temple and the development of surrounding infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1669\">This includes improvements in transport access, lodging facilities for pilgrims, and preservation of the temple\u2019s historic architecture.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1671\" data-end=\"1869\">Officials said the site\u2019s global recognition is expected to increase religious tourism, foster interfaith harmony, and generate local economic benefits through international and domestic visitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The historic Hinglaj Mata Temple in Balochistan\u2019s Lasbela district has been officially declared a world tourism site by the provincial government, marking a major step toward promoting religious tourism and cultural heritage in the region. The announcement was made following a meeting between Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti and Senator Danesh Kumar, where both &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[259,1234,1670],"class_list":["post-3431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-balochistan","tag-heritage","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3433,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3431\/revisions\/3433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}