Nagarparkar Jain Temples

Nagarparkar Jain Temples
	Shown within Sindh Nagarparkar Jain Temples (Pakistan)
Location	Karoonjhar Mountains, Sindh, Pakistan
Coordinates	24°21′21″N 70°45′16″E
Type	Jain temples and mosque

The Nagarparkar Jain Temples (Urdu: نگرپارکر جین مندر‎) are located in the region around Nagarparkar, in Pakistan's southern Sindh province. The site consists of a several abandoned Jain sacred temples. There is also a mosque which is heavily influenced by the architectural style of the temples. Buildings in the region date from the 12th to the 15th centuries. This is a period when Jain architectural expression was at its highest.

Jain Temple, Nagarparkar (Pakistan).

These ancient Pakistanian temples were put on the list for UNESCO World Heritage status in 2016 as the Nagarparkar Cultural Landscape.[1] Therefore they can be considered as the "National Jain Temple of Pakistan", a potential for Gujarati Indian Yatris respectively.

References

"Tentative Lists". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

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[unesco-1] "Tentative Lists". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 September 2017.