Heritage record
Allamabad Temple (Dhang Deo Siran)
PunjabTempleProtected
This temple is square in plan and stands on a high plinth and surmounted by a pyramidal Shikara over the main sanctum. It is built with standard size bricks laid in lime mortar, decorated with fresco paintings, depicting floral motifs and sacred deities of Hinduism. Another building, near to this temple, is also square in plan built in brick masonry and white washed. It is surmounted with a low dome and finial on the top. There is a well in the same complex, built by the notable community of this village in 1885, inscribed on a plaque placed inside the well.
- Record ID
- 6335
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Rawalpindi
- Tehsil
- Gujar Khan
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Temple
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 33.26212, 73.39626 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Muhammad Ashraf et.al. (2012). Archaeological Remains and Monuments of Islamabad Capital Territory and District Rawalpindi. Journal of Asian Civilizations, Vol. 35, No. 1, July 2012.
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