Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday mentioned that Kashmir Valley and Jammu are as soon as once more returning to their previous traditions, civilization and Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb as a result of institution of peace in Kashmir after the scrapping of Article 370 within the erstwhile state. Shah just about inaugurated the Maa Sharda Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara together with J&Okay LG Manoj Sinha. He mentioned the Modi authorities attempt for a Kartarpur-style hall to the unique temple in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Amit Shah started his tackle by wishing the countrymen on the event of New Year. “The newly-constructed temple of Maa Sharda has been opened for the devotees and that is an auspicious signal for the devotees from throughout India. He mentioned the inauguration of the Maa Sharda temple is the start of a brand new period.
Amit Shah instructed the gathering that “Ravinder Pandita (head of Save Sharda committee) has asked for Kartarpur-style corridor for Sharda Temple, the government of India will surely make attempts in this direction, there is no doubt in that.”
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Today, the inauguration of Maa Sharda Temple in Kupwara (Kashmir), rebuilt by Shri Shringeri Sharda Math in Karnataka, but once more affirms our unity. pic.twitter.com/hu0FpSsUsq
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 22, 2023
After hole of 76 years Sharda Yatra base temple begins glittering once more with the sound of holy bells and non secular chants of devotees at LOC on the banks of Kishen Ganga river in North Kashmir. Creating a historical past of types, the idol of Goddess Sharda was additionally positioned on sanctum sanctorum in newly constructed Sharda temple in Teetwal space of Kupwara district on the auspicious event of first Navratra.
He mentioned, “I congratulate the entire workforce for his or her wrestle for this temple. Shardha Peeth was a supply of information. People used to come back right here from everywhere in the nation,”.Â
The temple has been constructed by Kashmir’s Save Sharda Samiti and the Shri Sringeri Math to revive the Shardha pilgrimage, which stopped after 1948 as the unique temple fell underneath Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in Sharda village alongside the Neelum River. Teetwal, the place a temple has been constructed now, was the historic base camp for devotees who would go to Goddess Sharda’s shrine earlier than partition.
The idol was put in on the sanctum Sanctorum with the chanting of Vedic hymns by famend students and Pandits who’ve reached Teetwal from Shingeri Math in Karnataka the place from the Murti of Goddess was introduced.
Teetwal temple of Goddess was the bottom camp for world well-known Sharda Peeth University previous to partition between India-Pakistan. The temple at Teetwal which was the bottom camp to the holy yatra of Mata Sharda and a Gurdwara which was present close by the temple on the financial institution of Krishan Ganga river had been set ablaze  by raiders in 1947.
The land, the place this temple has been constructed, was taken with the assist of locals because it used to have dharmshala and a Sikh gurdwara. Local Muslims of the world welcomed the idol and burst firecrackers and had been seen hugging individuals accompanying the idol in Teetwal near the LoC with Pakistan.Â
Dozens of devotees drawn from totally different elements of nation together with J&Okay had reached Teetwal to take part within the grand set up of Goddess idol at the moment.Â
A brand new historical past has been scripted and it is going to be starting of a brand new period of brotherhood and peace within the area, mentioned Ravinder Pandita who’s chairman of Save Sharda Committee.Â
Ravinder Pandita and different devotees who constructed the temple at Teetwal and introduced the idol from Shingeri Math to this place after touring 6000 kilometres and now desires the early restart of Sharda Peeth Yatra on the opposite aspect of LOC.
The Locals of the world additionally joined there Pandit Brothern at the moment on this auspicious day and hope that with the reconstruction and restart of this temple the brotherhood will enhance among the many individuals on this LOC space, and this may even assist the upliftment of the individuals residing on this far-flung place near LOC.
