What is a Dravidian mythology temple doing in the middle of Pakistan?
Lord Murugan, or commonly referred to as Muruga, is probably the most worshiped God in Tamil Nadu, in the south of India.
Lord Murugan is part of folklore, and he is the son of Lord Shiva sent to South India on a mission. He is a youthful looking figure; famous for his courage and warfare skills. So what is a temple for Muruga; who belongs to South India, doing in Pakistan?
Pakistan was a part of British India and shares a lot of cultural identities common to the subcontinent. Pakistan was the hotbed of the Indus Valley civilization known as the Harappa. There are so many questions left unanswered with Indus valley civilization, with many claims that the Indus Valley language is a proto-Dravidian language. But down in the south of Pakistan near Karachi stands a different architecture which paints a different picture.
From Karachi on the highway to the national park lies a sphinx-like structure which has caught the interest of archaeologists. The sphinx structure got buried under a massive drift of sand, and only a few parts of the structure are visible from the photos available on the internet. Based on these photos, we have found similarities between the structure and a typical south Indian temple.
