New Delhi, Jun 02: All India Kashmiri Samaj (AIKS) has greeted Kashmiri Pandit community on the eve of Mela Kheer Bhawani and has demanded that the festival be declared a Gazetted holiday, as in the past.
This year too thousands of pilgrims have thronged Kher Bhawani temple in Tulmulla, Ganderbal, Kashmir.
In a statement issued to INS, President of AIKS Ravinder Pandita, said “The whole kashmiri samaj is celebrating at a low ebb because of the Pahalgam tragedy. The visit to the sacred temple should not be seen as Return of an exiled community. We have been visiting Mela kheer Bhawani in thousands every year”
AIKS has thanked the Govt for making elaborate arrangements during the mela and advocates for promotion of religious tourism throughout the state.
