Hinglaj Mata, also known as Hinglaj Devi, Hingula Devi and Nani Mandir, is a Hindu temple in Hinglaj, a town on the Makran coast in the Lasbela district of Balochistan, Pakistan.
It is in the middle of the Hingol National Park. It is one of the Shakti Peethas of the Hindu goddess Sati. It is a form of Durga or Devi in a mountain cavern on the banks of the Hingol
River.
The shrine is in a small natural cave. There is a low mud altar. There is no man-made image of the goddess. A small shapeless stone is worshiped as Hinglaj Mata.
The stone is smeared with Sindoor (vermilion), which possibly gives the location its Sanskrit name Hingula, which is the root of the present-day name Hinglaj.
Over the last three decades the place has gained increasing popularity and became a unifying point of reference for Pakistan's many Hindu communities.
The cave temple of Hinglaj Mata is in a narrow gorge in the remote, hilly area of Lyari Tehsil in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
It is 250 kilometres (160 mi) to the northwest of Karachi, 12 miles (19 km) inland from the Arabian Sea and 80 miles (130 km) to the west of the mouth of the Indus.
It is at the end of a range of Kheerthar hills, in the Makran desert stretch, on the west bank of Hingol River.
Hinglaj Mata is said to be very powerful deity who bestows good to all her devotees.
While Hinglaj is her main temple, temples dedicated to her exist in neighbouring Indian states Gujarat and Rajasthan.