Katas Raj is located in Punjab’s Salt Range at an altitude of 2,000 feet.

The Katas Raj Temple complex is located near Kallar Kahar, and is located at an altitude of 2,000 feet.[3] It is approximately 100 kilometres away by road from another important Hindu pilgrimage destination – the Tilla Jogian complex. Katas Raj is located near the interchange for the town of Kallar Kahar off the M2 Motorway which links Islamabad to Lahore. The complex is located alongside the road that connects Kallar Kahar to Choa Saidan Shah near the village of Dulmial.

 

The pond at Katas Raj is said to have been created from the teardrops of the Hindu deity Shiva, following the death of his wife Sati.

The temples are considered to be the second most sacred site in the historic Punjab region, after the temple at Jwalamukhi in modern Himachal Pradesh.

The temples derive their holiness from the legend that following the death of his wife Sati, the Hindu god Shiva wandered inconsolably, while some of his tears collected in two ponds, one of which is the pond around which the Katas Raj Temples are set, while the other is at Pushkar, near the famous Sufi pilgrimage center of Ajmer.

The Katasraj temple complex is traditionally believed to date back to the Mahabharata era. Many legends are associated with the temples.