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| Kheer Bhawani spring had in advance given clear signals of devastation in J&K | | Its water had turned red in August last; locals firmly believe it was a bad omen | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 11: The Kheer Bhawani spring in the Valley had in advance given clear signals of death and destruction caused by the recent heavy rains and floods in the state. Its colour had last year turned red and locals firmly believe that it was a signal for the bad days to come.
When the Ragni Kund (spring) water colour changed to red a day after Janamashtami, which was celebrated on August 17 last, locals knew that something unpleasant was going to happen but they had never imagined that the heavy rains and floods would play havoc in the state. The water colour had also turned red in September last year.
They believe that the change in water colour does not augur well for Kashmir and it happens only when horrifying and unfortunate incidents have to take place.
In the recent rains and floods, over 220 people have so far lost their lives and more than 40,000 house have suffered damages. According to official estimates, over 40 lakh people have been affected by the rains and floods while over six lakh people were still trapped in flood waters in the Valley and at other places in the state.
The J&K people, especially Kashmiri Pandits, have unwavering faith in Kheer Bhawani which is at Tulamulla in Ganderbal, about 25 kms from Srinagar.
Dedicated to Goddess Bhawani, the temple has always been held in veneration by the Kashmiri Pandits. The annual festival is held there on Zestha Ashtami (usually in the month of May) and a large number of Kashmiri Pandits throng the temple from all over the world.
The mention of Kheer Bhawani is also found in Kalhana's Rajtarangini. He writes that the sacred spring of Tulmulla is situated in a marshy ground. Kalhana mentions the name of the spring as Mata Ragini Kund.
Swami Vivekananda had also visited the temple and done meditation there after his return from the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas.
In Sri Lanka, Goddess Kheer Bhawani is worshipped as Rajlakshmi. She was "Kuldevi" of Sri Lanka. After Ravana's killing, Hanuman Ji had brought the Goddess to Kashmir on the directions of Lord Rama and established her at Tulamulla, its present place.
Abul Fazal has also made a mention of the spring and its changing colours in Aien-e-Akbari. In 1886, Walter Lawrence, then British Settlement Commissioner for land, during his visit to the spring, reported the water colour as violet. Locals claim to have observed a murky colour of the water just before the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the eruption of militancy in the Valley in 1989. Some people say that before the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley, the colour of the spring had turned completely black in 1990. The water colour had turned red even at the time of partition in 1947. |
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