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| Kashmiri Pandits perform puja in Srinagar temples on Navreh, local Muslims take part in celebrations | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 14: "Kashmiri Pandits and Muslims are coming together again. Pandits are an integral part of Kashmiri society," a local said.
Jammu and Kashmir BJP General Secretary (Org) Ashok Kumar Koul also said that the Kashmiri Pandits' return to the Valley has started. "Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu have performed 'havan' (special prayers) at several temples here," Koul said as he went around some temples in Srinagar city on Tuesday.
"Besides those Kashmiri Pandits who continue to live here, I have seen a large number of migrants of this community performing Hawans today at a few temples in the city. I spoke to them and it was clear that the process of their return to the Valley has started," the BJP leader said from Sheetal Nath Temple in Srinagar where special prayers were held.
Over the issue of the encroachments of the Hindu temples in the Valley, Koul added that while at some places such encroachments have been made by the government, at other places influential people have done so.
"A collective effort is needed to remove all such encroachments and to restore the religious sanctity of these temples," he said. |
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