Hyderabad has kept a separate image through many ways. Whether we talk about the past or the present, it has executed numerous efforts for the preservation of old buildings. Before partition, the city was home to hundreds of Hindu families known as “Sindhi Hindus.” The imprints of the Hindu community are still visible in the city’s architecture. The sacred and religious places of that time built by affluent Hindu residents still exist, though, not in the same form as they once were. These include temples and houses. According to some people, the Hussainabad Bhutto Park in the market was once green and lush and magnificently breathtaking with waves of the Indus River touching it and breathing life into it. Unfortunately, today it has been reduced to ruins, losing all of its beauty and attraction. Usually I pass through the narrow streets of the market, particularly from Silawat Para, but when I passed from the same route today my glance accidently stopped at Shiva’s temple, a sight that hit my inner soul. I went ahead through the entrance of the temple and came upon a sacred tree known as “peepal.” Hindus hold this tree sacred. Some moments later a worshiper of the temple with the name Shewadhari went inside a room in an attempt to praise his master. The sounds he made were very familiar to me as I had heard them a lot of times before; he kept pronouncing “Hari … Hare.” Once you enter the temple you will notice four little stairs near the main gate with a particular space for shoes on the right side and a water cooler that has been shifted there. The brightness inside the temple decreased slightly and the chanting smell of agarbati gave way to my sense of direction. The worth of the temple can be measured by its valuable art work and architecture and the people (caretakers) have still coloured its walls with rainbow colors and lovable designs. Ashok Kumar Meghwar, who has been taking care of the temple for the last 20 years told me, “My grandfather Kirahanchand devoted his whole life till his last breath in such practices and I’m also following in his footsteps,” he said. I saw a Hanuman statue which according to Ashok might’ve “been brought by some people and we haven’t had the right to refuse any person his faith and belief.” This particular temple is a Shiv Shanker Mahadev temple. A Shiva ling, along with a sculpture of Shiva’s sacred bull Nandi, made from white marble is present inside and supposedly as old as the temple itself. The quarter is also filled with lovely paintings of various Gods including Krishana, Durga and Ganesha. The unexplored history behind the temple as I learnt was that the temple had remained closed for a long period of time after the Partition. Following the incident some communities such as Bhil and Meghwar played an outstanding role in its reopening in the 90s. A few affluent Hindus made an issue on the temple’s revival saying that such lower classes didn’t have any right to own God by themselves and couldn’t take care of holy places. According to the other caretaker, the ground room area of the temple was seized by the Auqaf Department of Sindh. On approaching some minority leaders, it came into notice for its sanctity, but up-to this day there hasn’t been any support of these high profile ministers and minority leaders on the matter. He also said that on every Monday a weekly hymns session is held along with an annual Maha Shivratri festival that is vibrantly celebrated by everyone, however it’s very hard to block the road without having any alternative sources and a Satsang Hall. It is undoubtedly sad to see such historical heritages in such condition and the Auqaf Department and minority grants not being able to facilitate an effective or proper response. The writer hails frorm Hyderabad, Sindh and can be reached at smmathrani1@gmail.com