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{{short description|Hindu Temple in Pakistan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Mandir
|name = Shivaharkaray (शिव हर काली) OR Karavipur (कर्विरपुर)
|image =
|alt =
|caption =
|map_type = Pakistan Balochistan#Pakistan#Asia
|map_size = 200
|coordinates = {{coord|25.0|30|50|N|65.0|30|55|E|type:landmark_region:IN_scale:5000|display=inline,title}}
|other_names =
|proper_name =
|country = {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan]]
|state = [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]]
|district = [[Lasbela District]]
|locale = [[Parkai]]
|elevation_m =
|deity = [[Sati (goddess)]] as [[Mahishasuramardini]] and [[Shiva]] as Ragi or [[Krodish]]
|festivals = Four Day Theerth Yatra in April
|architecture = [[Mandir]]
|temple_quantity = Many
|monument_quantity = Many
|inscriptions =
|year_completed = Ancient
|creator =
|website =
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{{Hinduism}} '''Shivaharkaray''' or '''Karavipur''' is a [[Shakti Peeth]] dedicated to the [[Hindu]] Goddess [[Durga]], located near Parkai railway station, near [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]. It is one of the two [[Shakti Peethas]] in Pakistan, other being [[Hinglaj Mata mandir]]<ref name= Chakrabarti430>{{cite book|author1=Kunal Chakrabarti|author2=Shubhra Chakrabarti|title=Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVOFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA430 |year=2013|publisher=Scarecrow|isbn=978-0-8108-8024-5|page=430}}</ref> [[Puranas]] describe that the three eyes (the third eye) of the Goddess fell here after she committed [[Sati (practice)|Sati]]. The Goddess is worshipped as [[Mahishasuramardini]], or the slayer of the Demon [[Mahishasur]]. Her consort, the [[Hindu]] [[God]] [[Shiva]], is worshipped in [[Finger millet|Ragi]] form as Krodhish, personification of anger. Shivaharkaray is third in the list of 51 Peethas identified in the [[Puranas]].{{Sfn|Kapoor|2002|p=6325}}<ref name=Purana>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maavaishnavi.com/2011/12/05/mahishamardini-shivaharkaray-or-karavipur-shakti-peeth-3rd-among-51-shakti-peethas/#comment-2221|title=Mahishamardini Shivaharkaray-or-Karavipur-shakti-peeth-3rd-among-51-shakti-peethas|access-date=28 November 2012|publisher=Mahavaishnavi.com}}</ref>

==Legend==
[[Sati (goddess)|Sati]] was the first wife of [[Shiva]] and first incarnation of [[Parvati]]. She was the daughter of King [[Daksha]] and Queen (the daughter of Brahma). She was insulted and hurt by her father not inviting both her and her husband to a [[yagna]], and so she committed self-immolation at its sacrificial fire in grief. Shiva was distraught after hearing of her death, and danced around the world in a [[Tandav Nritya]] (“devastating penance” or dance of destruction), carrying her body on his shoulders. In order to return Shiva to normalcy, Vishnu used his [[Sudarshan Chakra]], the rotating blade on his finger tip. He dismembered the body of Sati into several pieces, and wherever a piece fell on the earth, its location was consecrated as a divine shrine, or Shakthi Peeth, with deities of Sati (Parvati) and Shiva.

These locations have become famous pilgrimage places as Pithas or Shakthi Pithas, and are scattered throughout the subcontinent, including in Pakistan, [[Bangladesh]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Nepal]], and India. Sati is also known as Devi or Shakthi. With the blessing of Vishnu she was reborn as the daughter of [[Himavat]] or [[Himalayas]], and hence named Parvati, or daughter of mountains. She was born on the 14th day of the bright half of the month of [[Mrigashīrsha]], which marks the [[Shivarathri]], the night festival of Shiva.{{Sfn|Kapoor|2002|p=6325}}

This temple is one of the two [[Shakti Peethas]] in Pakistan, other being [[Hinglaj Mata mandir]]<ref name=Chakrabarti430/>

==See also==
{{div col}}
* [[Hinduism in Pakistan]]
* [[Evacuee Trust Property Board]]
* [[Hinglaj Mata]]
* [[Kalat Kali Temple]]
* [[Katasraj temple]]
* [[Multan Sun Temple]]
* [[Prahladpuri Temple, Multan]]
* [[Sadh Belo]]
* [[Shiv Mandir, Umerkot]]
* [[Shri Varun Dev Mandir]]
* [[Tilla Jogian]]
{{col div end}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last= Kapoor |first= Subodh |title= The Indian Encyclopaedia: Biographical, Historical, Religious, Administrative, Ethnological, Commercial and Scientific. Hinayana-India (Central India)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ieypjy0k2TsC&q=Shivaharkaray&pg=PA6325
|year=2002|publisher=Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd|isbn=9788177552577|page=6325}}

{{Hindu temples in Pakistan}}

[[Category:Hindu temples in Sindh]]
[[Category:Shakti Peethas]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Balochistan, Pakistan]]

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