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Temple doors open again in Kashmir after 15 years

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Posted online: Thursday , July 07, 2005 at 1346 hours IST

Devsar, South Kashmir, July 7:

Amidst chiming of bells and aroma of incense sticks, the doors of the famous Tripur Sundari temple complex, nestled in the dense woods and narrow valleys of south Kashmir, are open again after 15-year closure forced by insurgency.

Over 2000 Kashmiri Pandit migrants have visited this 600-year-old temple complex popularly known as ‘Khunbarian Mata’ located in highly militancy-prone Devsar forests of Anantnag district in South Kashmir this year.

"I have come here after a gap of 16 years to ring the bells of the historic temple complex dedicated to Goddess Parvati - daughter of Lord Shiva," said state government engineer R K Pandita, who along with his wife and two daughters, came all the way from Jammu to seek the blessing of the Goddess. Pandita, who left the place along with over 300,000 Kashmiri Pandits during the emergence of Pak-sponsored militancy in J& K in 1989, is among 70,000 migrants who have visited different temples including Kheerbhawani, Shankeracharaya, Shailputri, Zeethyar Parbut, Nagbal, Durga Nag, during their seven-day stay in the valley.

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