Pakistan, Jan. 13 -- Take a bath in this Holy Pond of Tears and your sins will wash away! This is what the Hindus believe about this pond inside Katas Raj. A Brahmanical story said that the pond at Katas Raj temples was formed by the tears that Lord Shiva shed after the death of his wife Sati. The name of the temple complex is believed to derive from the Sanskrit word kataksha, meaning "teary eyes."

An old town, sanctified by the Hindus and located in Chakwal, it is known as the Katas Raj. You will be lost into its maze like built as you enter this ensemble of several old structures. You can imagine its grandeur and stateliness from the fact that it consist more than hundred temples which were built over a period of more than a 1,000 yea...