How many gurdwaras?

[BibaKaur]

How many gurdwaras do you think are there in pakistan?

[Mahavir]

About 200 historical ones (associated with Guru ji or purantan Sikhs).

Other than that, there were thousands of village gurdwaras, which were all converted into mosques, schools, government buildings, homes.

Even from the 200 historical gurdwaras, only about a dozen are funtioning as gurdwaras. The rest are either crumbling, being used as homes, schools, or government buildings.

It's so sad. But there's not much we can do. The harsh reality is that unless there are Sikh families living in the area of the gurdwara, it's pretty hard to prevent locals from using the buoilding for their own uses.

That's why the Joga Singh gurdwara is well preserved since there is a local Peshawari Sikh Sagat there. Same is true for a few gurdwaras in Shekhupura (Nankana Sahib). There are some local Sikhs families who actualy USE the gurdwara.

[gss]

Nanakpanthi Hindus preserve some Gurdwaras in the Sind region linked with Guru Nanak Dev Jee, i was given a CD ROM by a guy from Pakistan (whom actually made the CD alongside some other colleagues) with information on loads of Gurdwaras around Pakistan, including those that are no longer functioning. Quite interesting actually.

[BibaKaur]

This is from a pakistani newspaper:

The Minorities Ministry informed the house that the Evacuee Trust Property Board looked after 586 trust gurdwaras. However, most of the gurdwaras were non-functional because of the nominal Sikh population in those areas.

The ministry said that of the 586 gurdwaras, the Sikh community regularly visited seven gurdwaras, including Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib, Gurdwara Sacha Sauda in Farooqabad Sheikhupura, Gurdwara Rori Sahib in Eminabad Gujranwala, Gurdwara Dera Sahib in Lahore, Gurdwara Darbar Sahib inKartarpur Narowal, Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hasanabdal, and Gurdwara Bhai Joga Singh in Peshawar, for performing their rituals.

According to the information, some 28,907 Sikhs visited these gurdwaras in 2003; 36,952 in 2004; while 1,205 performed their religious obligations at these sites this year since April 30.