(8 Nov 2022) PAKISTAN HINDU TEMPLE

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan - 26 October 2022
1. Various of visitors on a boat going to Sadhu Bela temple located on island on Indus River
2. Mid of visitors getting off the boat and walking to the temple
3. Various of Hindu devotees entering the temple, UPSOUND (Sindhi) religious chant: "Long live Sadhu Bela!"
4. Various of women performing rituals
5. Mid of idol
6. Various of people praying
7. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Dewan Chand Chawla, general secretary of Pakistan Hindu Temple Management Committee:
"This temple has a history of 200 years. It is made of marble and sandalwood. Workers from Jodhpur built it. They were famous worldwide for their craft. Its architecture is like that of Taj Mahal and Badshahi Masjid."
8. Close of carving on wall
9. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Dewan Chand Chawla, general secretary of Pakistan Hindu Temple Management Committee:
"We have around 10 million Hindus in the Sindh province. But the official count is different, some say 5.5 million to 6 million, because after the partition, most of the Hindu population left Pakistan. But those who are still living here are happy and satisfied in Pakistan."
10. Mid of devotees walking in the temple
11. Wide of people praying
12. Mid of carvings on the wall
13. Various of people praying
14. Close of carving
15. SOUNDBITE (Sindhi) Satram Das, visitor:
"I came by boat. I saw God's temple here. I felt tranquillity here. I am fortunate to have seen him. I am 18 or 19 years old. I had never been here before."
16. Pan left of river Indus
17. Mid of Pakistani flag
18. Pan right of exterior of temple
19. Mid of window
20. Mid of visitors leaving temple
21. Wide of temple on the island in River Indus
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan - 26 October 2022
22. Various of a market in Shikarpur
23. Various of people purchasing sweets from a shop owned by Dewan Narain Das
24. Various of workers making falooda (ice cream-based dessert with noodles), waiters serving customers
25. Various of customers having falooda
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan - 25 October 2022
26. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Dewan Narain Das, sweet shop owner:
"Shikarpur had a sizeable Hindu community. It (the Hindu community) did a lot of charitable work here. It built C&S College, Gangabai Hospital, Rai Bahadur Hospital. (Before the partition) we had 537 temples here."
27. Mid of shelf with family photos
28. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Dewan Narain Das, sweet shop owner:
"A lot of people migrated from here. The atmosphere was such that many Hindus decided to leave. (The temple buildings) were taken over by Evacuee Trust. It was then the government's business to handle them. There are now 27 temples here."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan - 26 October 2022
29. Various of exterior of sweets shop.
30. Various of C&S College, students studying
31. Exterior of C&S College
LEADIN:
In Pakistan, academics say there's been a surge in discrimination and marginalisation of Hindus because of rising extremism and fundamentalism in the country.
There is no ban on Hindu worship in Pakistan, but Hindus say openly practicing the faith is not a matter of routine.
One temple attracts tens of thousands of Hindus from within Muslim-majority Pakistan every year for festivals and rituals.
STORYLINE:
On these brightly coloured boats, Hindus are ferried to a peaceful island that has housed a temple for almost 200 years.
It's located on the Indus river, which flows top to toe through Pakistan and into its southern Sindh province.

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