Followers of Jainism in Pakistan: Ancient statues recovered from Nagar Parker in Sindh, shifted to Hyderabad for repair
GETTY IMAGES Six Jain statues, including two others, have been shifted to Hyderabad after a decision was made to preserve them through a "chemical process" . Nearly half a dozen Jain temples in the ancient city of Nangar Parkar in the desert region of Sindh are in a dilapidated condition, the restoration work of which is the responsibility of the Archaeological Department and Sindh Endowment Fund. Nagar Parker has a run-off on one side and the Indian state of Gujarat on the other. Prior to partition, the people here had political, social, cultural and commercial ties with the Indian state of Gujarat. But the transfer of the statues to Hyderabad has been objected to by academic and literary circles in Thar and a campaign has been launched on social media in this regard, demanding that the statues be kept in the Nagar Parker Museum. Archaeological Department DG Manzoor Qanasro told the that the statues needed to be repaired and that there was no staff at Nagar Parker at the m...