By means of PTI
TULMULLA/JAMMU: Masses of Kashmiri Pandits on Sunday paid their obeisance on the well-known Ragnya Devi temple in Ganderbal district and celebrated the once a year Kheer Bhawani mela.
Nestled within the colour of mammoth Chinar bushes within the central Kashmir district, the temple witnessed large crowds of devotees, maximum of them Kashmiri Pandits, who made the adventure from around the nation.
The devotees, strolling barefoot, carried rose petals and introduced tribute to the goddess as males took a dip within the circulation with regards to the shrine.
Because the devotees jostled with every different to transport nearer to the primary temple advanced, the chants of hymns echoed throughout the temple compound and paid obeisance to the deity whilst providing milk and kheer (rice pudding) on the sacred spring inside the advanced.
The mela, an emblem of communal cohesion, handed off peacefully because the management had made elaborate preparations, together with safety comparable, for the devotees.
Gudi Zutshi, a devotee from Jammu, mentioned their ‘pooja’ is incomplete with out visiting the temple shrine at the instance of the once a year mela held at the birthday of the deity.
“She is our deity. It’s crucial day for us and with out her, our pooja is incomplete, so we need to come right here to have a good time her birthday. The deity has taken the type of water right here. The color of the circulation helps to keep on converting when one thing occurs,” she mentioned.
It’s believed that the color of the sacred spring water which flows under the temple signifies the placement within the Valley.
Whilst many of the colors do not need any specific importance, the black or dark color of the water is thought to be a sign of adverse occasions for Kashmir.
Alternatively, the water within the spring used to be blank and milky white this yr.
A Kashmiri Pandit devotee plays rituals whilst providing prayers all through the once a year Kheer Bhawani Mela, at Tulmula in Ganderbal district, Would possibly 28, 2023. (PTI)
Zutshi mentioned closing yr when she used to be right here, she had witnessed that the color of the circulation water used to be purple, it seems that relating to the various assaults at the minority group within the Valley.
“Its color became black when there used to be Corona. The similar took place when the Kargil battle took place,’ she added.
Alternatively, she mentioned, this yr, the color of the water used to be superb.
It way there can be prosperity in Kashmir, Jammu and Delhi.
“We wish prosperity far and wide. Nowadays, the placement is just right in Kashmir. The preparations are just right for the mela.”
Zutshi mentioned as the placement had proved within the Valley, they prayed for the go back of the group individuals who had left Kashmir within the early Nineties.
“We need to go back to Kashmir. We pass over where. Even though we come nearly yearly, we need to go back to our native land completely. We have now prayed for the happiness and prosperity of everybody and the go back of Kashmiri Pandits to Kashmir,” she mentioned.
Every other devotee, Dileep, mentioned there used to be about 80-85 in keeping with cent development within the scenario from the Nineties in Kashmir.
“We additionally need to go back to our native land. We pray each time we come right here and nowadays as neatly we prayed for our go back,” he mentioned.
Peoples Democratic Birthday party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti, who additionally paid obeisance on the temple, mentioned that she prayed for the dignified go back of the Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley.
“I got here right here to welcome our Kashmiri Pandit brothers who’ve come from Jammu and different puts. We’re right here to wish for the dignified go back of those folks to their houses in order that as soon as once more Hindu-Muslim-Kashmiri Pandits reside in combination in Kashmir with brotherhood,” she informed journalists.
Requested if the group used to be cautious of centered killings that happened closing yr, Dileep mentioned that such incidents occur, we can not say anything else on that.
“However the scenario is just right now. We wish that brotherhood again. Our Muslim brothers additionally need that,” he added.
Kashmiri Pandit devotees be offering prayers all through the once a year Kheer Bhawani Mela, at Tulmula in Ganderbal district, Would possibly 28, 2023. (PTI)
With the exception of the spiritual importance, the once a year pageant is necessary for the Kashmiri Pandit group as they get an opportunity to talk over with their native land and meet with their pals.
“The ambience right here is excellent. Our eyes are stuffed with feelings once we see our Muslim brothers. My pals have come right here and we felt so just right to satisfy. We get to satisfy every year,” Rakesh Raina, who lives in Jagati, Jammu, mentioned.
He mentioned the mela sends a message of nationwide integration for the rustic.
“We’re getting to look the similar brotherhood for which Kashmir used to be well-known. We prayed for the go back of the ones just right previous days and that we are living like we was once. All of us are in combination of many faiths, and castes. There’s no distinction,” he mentioned.
Bilal Bhat, an area, mentioned the Muslim group welcomed the visitors with open palms and sought after Kashmiri Pandits to go back to the Valley.
“Annually we have a good time this pageant. It’s an improbable, surprising crowd right here. We have now stored open our homes for our visitors. We wish this love, brotherhood and peace we see right here to stay without end,” he mentioned.
Further Director Common of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar additionally paid obeisance on the shrine.
He mentioned, “Ganderbal Police has made superb safety preparations. Srinagar police had additionally deployed ROP (highway opening events). There may be foolproof safety and the locals have supported the police as neatly. I want they all neatly.”
In the meantime, in Jammu, hundreds of migrant Kashmiri Pandits on Sunday introduced prayers to goddess Ragnya Devi at the instance of ‘Zaisht Ashtami’ at Kheer Bhawani Peeth within the Janipur space.
The ‘peeth’ used to be built as a duplicate of the unique shrine in Tulmulla after the mass migration of the group from the Valley within the early 1990’s.
“We neglected a talk over with to Tulmulla this time and made up our minds to supply our prayers right here. We’re witnessing the similar setting which used to be triumphant on the Kheer Bhawani shrine in Kashmir all through the once a year honest,” Ratika, a devotee who visited the Jammu temple, mentioned.
Raj Kumar, some other devotee, mentioned he had by no means visited Tulmulla shrine however is a normal customer right here.
“There’s a festive glance with an enormous amassing of pandits at the auspicious instance of Zaisht Ashtami,” he mentioned, expressing his want to talk over with Tulmulla shrine and resettle in his Budgam house the town someday.
The control of the temple, Ardh Ratri Maha Regheneya Sewa Sanstha Believe, had arrange a number of stalls for the benefit of the devotees, who thronged the tastefully embellished shrine to supply their prayers of their conventional means.
A member of the consider mentioned the sanstha, with the assistance of native government, had made good enough preparations for the sleek habits of the pageant on the peeth.
TULMULLA/JAMMU: Masses of Kashmiri Pandits on Sunday paid their obeisance on the well-known Ragnya Devi temple in Ganderbal district and celebrated the once a year Kheer Bhawani mela.
Nestled within the colour of mammoth Chinar bushes within the central Kashmir district, the temple witnessed large crowds of devotees, maximum of them Kashmiri Pandits, who made the adventure from around the nation.
The devotees, strolling barefoot, carried rose petals and introduced tribute to the goddess as males took a dip within the circulation with regards to the shrine.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Because the devotees jostled with every different to transport nearer to the primary temple advanced, the chants of hymns echoed throughout the temple compound and paid obeisance to the deity whilst providing milk and kheer (rice pudding) on the sacred spring inside the advanced.
The mela, an emblem of communal cohesion, handed off peacefully because the management had made elaborate preparations, together with safety comparable, for the devotees.
Gudi Zutshi, a devotee from Jammu, mentioned their ‘pooja’ is incomplete with out visiting the temple shrine at the instance of the once a year mela held at the birthday of the deity.
“She is our deity. It’s crucial day for us and with out her, our pooja is incomplete, so we need to come right here to have a good time her birthday. The deity has taken the type of water right here. The color of the circulation helps to keep on converting when one thing occurs,” she mentioned.
It’s believed that the color of the sacred spring water which flows under the temple signifies the placement within the Valley.
Whilst many of the colors do not need any specific importance, the black or dark color of the water is thought to be a sign of adverse occasions for Kashmir.
Alternatively, the water within the spring used to be blank and milky white this yr.
A Kashmiri Pandit devotee plays rituals whilst providing prayers all through the once a year Kheer Bhawani Mela, at Tulmula in Ganderbal district, Would possibly 28, 2023. (PTI)
Zutshi mentioned closing yr when she used to be right here, she had witnessed that the color of the circulation water used to be purple, it seems that relating to the various assaults at the minority group within the Valley.
“Its color became black when there used to be Corona. The similar took place when the Kargil battle took place,’ she added.
Alternatively, she mentioned, this yr, the color of the water used to be superb.
It way there can be prosperity in Kashmir, Jammu and Delhi.
“We wish prosperity far and wide. Nowadays, the placement is just right in Kashmir. The preparations are just right for the mela.”
Zutshi mentioned as the placement had proved within the Valley, they prayed for the go back of the group individuals who had left Kashmir within the early Nineties.
“We need to go back to Kashmir. We pass over where. Even though we come nearly yearly, we need to go back to our native land completely. We have now prayed for the happiness and prosperity of everybody and the go back of Kashmiri Pandits to Kashmir,” she mentioned.
Every other devotee, Dileep, mentioned there used to be about 80-85 in keeping with cent development within the scenario from the Nineties in Kashmir.
“We additionally need to go back to our native land. We pray each time we come right here and nowadays as neatly we prayed for our go back,” he mentioned.
Peoples Democratic Birthday party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti, who additionally paid obeisance on the temple, mentioned that she prayed for the dignified go back of the Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley.
“I got here right here to welcome our Kashmiri Pandit brothers who’ve come from Jammu and different puts. We’re right here to wish for the dignified go back of those folks to their houses in order that as soon as once more Hindu-Muslim-Kashmiri Pandits reside in combination in Kashmir with brotherhood,” she informed journalists.
Requested if the group used to be cautious of centered killings that happened closing yr, Dileep mentioned that such incidents occur, we can not say anything else on that.
“However the scenario is just right now. We wish that brotherhood again. Our Muslim brothers additionally need that,” he added.
Kashmiri Pandit devotees be offering prayers all through the once a year Kheer Bhawani Mela, at Tulmula in Ganderbal district, Would possibly 28, 2023. (PTI)
With the exception of the spiritual importance, the once a year pageant is necessary for the Kashmiri Pandit group as they get an opportunity to talk over with their native land and meet with their pals.
“The ambience right here is excellent. Our eyes are stuffed with feelings once we see our Muslim brothers. My pals have come right here and we felt so just right to satisfy. We get to satisfy every year,” Rakesh Raina, who lives in Jagati, Jammu, mentioned.
He mentioned the mela sends a message of nationwide integration for the rustic.
“We’re getting to look the similar brotherhood for which Kashmir used to be well-known. We prayed for the go back of the ones just right previous days and that we are living like we was once. All of us are in combination of many faiths, and castes. There’s no distinction,” he mentioned.
Bilal Bhat, an area, mentioned the Muslim group welcomed the visitors with open palms and sought after Kashmiri Pandits to go back to the Valley.
“Annually we have a good time this pageant. It’s an improbable, surprising crowd right here. We have now stored open our homes for our visitors. We wish this love, brotherhood and peace we see right here to stay without end,” he mentioned.
Further Director Common of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar additionally paid obeisance on the shrine.
He mentioned, “Ganderbal Police has made superb safety preparations. Srinagar police had additionally deployed ROP (highway opening events). There may be foolproof safety and the locals have supported the police as neatly. I want they all neatly.”
In the meantime, in Jammu, hundreds of migrant Kashmiri Pandits on Sunday introduced prayers to goddess Ragnya Devi at the instance of ‘Zaisht Ashtami’ at Kheer Bhawani Peeth within the Janipur space.
The ‘peeth’ used to be built as a duplicate of the unique shrine in Tulmulla after the mass migration of the group from the Valley within the early 1990’s.
“We neglected a talk over with to Tulmulla this time and made up our minds to supply our prayers right here. We’re witnessing the similar setting which used to be triumphant on the Kheer Bhawani shrine in Kashmir all through the once a year honest,” Ratika, a devotee who visited the Jammu temple, mentioned.
Raj Kumar, some other devotee, mentioned he had by no means visited Tulmulla shrine however is a normal customer right here.
“There’s a festive glance with an enormous amassing of pandits at the auspicious instance of Zaisht Ashtami,” he mentioned, expressing his want to talk over with Tulmulla shrine and resettle in his Budgam house the town someday.
The control of the temple, Ardh Ratri Maha Regheneya Sewa Sanstha Believe, had arrange a number of stalls for the benefit of the devotees, who thronged the tastefully embellished shrine to supply their prayers of their conventional means.
A member of the consider mentioned the sanstha, with the assistance of native government, had made good enough preparations for the sleek habits of the pageant on the peeth.