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| Dozens of J&K temples have been re-opened: KP body | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 18 : A Kashmiri Pandits' body on Sunday said dozens of temples in the state had been re-opened and rituals performed over the last decade since the community's mass exodus from the Valley at the height of militancy in the 90's.
"The All Party Migrant Coordination Committee (AP MCC) has re-opened dozens of temples in Kashmir valley during the past decade and conducted 'yagnas' and religious festivals in which thousands of Kashmiri Pandits thronged," APMCC Chairman Vinood Pandit told reporters.
He was responding to a recent comment by a member of Saadhoo Dharamsathaan Surakshini Samiti (SDSS) stating that Kashmiri Hindus had not conducted prayers at even a single temple in the Valley during the past two decades.
"APMCC and Temple committees in various towns and villages have re-opened 47 temples, rebuilt a few shrines and removed several encroachments from religious premises," he said. Alleging "massive" land grabbing of temple plots in the Valley, Pandit said the passage of the Temple and Shrines Bill would help save the pantheons from land sharks and encroachers. |
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