Location: Barari Village Mansehra
Distance from KKH: 02 hours trekking
Shiv Temple
The Mansehra Shiv Temple is one of the oldest still in existence and use, in Pakistan, dating back at least 2000 years. This temple had several very significant and unusual features, including (a) the famous 'Durga cave' up on a hill beyond it, where there was a small cave with a lovely fresh water spring bubbling out of the ground, where 'Yatris' (religious pilgrims to the temple) would bathe and purify themselves and offer respects to the goddess Durga, before going down to the main Shiv temple; and (b) one of the oldest and biggest 'Shiva Lingam' idols anywhere in this region.
Barari Maata (Durga Devi )
Barari Maata is accumulation of rocks over the beautiful mount of Barari village visible from any where in Mansehra city. Basically Barari Mata is associated with Kashmiri Durga Devi one of Hindu?s deomallaie Temple Devi. These rocks especially the main rock which is 40 ft higher from base is very holy to Hindu worshipers. At the end of 1947 Hindu?s visit this place twice a year especially for Bissakhi Maila. Barari Maata is feminine Devi and her Masculine is Shiv lingam, which is kept in Chitti Gatti Temple in Mnasehra.
