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#ShriKatasRajTemples is a complex of several Hindu temples connected to one another by walkways. The temple complex surrounds a pond named Katas which is regarded as sacred by Hindus. The complex is located in Potohar, Pakistan's Punjab.
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The temples' pond is said in the Puranas to have been created from the teardrops of Shiva, after he wandered the Earth inconsolable after the death of his wife Devi Sati.
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Another tradition states that Shri Krishna laid foundation of the temple & established a hand-made shivling in it. The temples play a role in Mahābhārata, where temples are traditionally believed to have been site where Pandavas spent a significant portion of their exile.
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