Kheer Bhawani Mela | 12 Jun 2019

• Jammu and Kashmir’s two separated communities, Muslims and Pandits, witnessed a rare union on the annual festival of Zyeshth Ashtami at the Kheer Bhawani temple in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir.
• Keeping the age-old tradition alive, local Muslim shopkeepers were seen selling earthenware lamps, marigold flowers and other puja paraphernalia at the temple.
• The festival is fast emerging as a source of healing of relationships between the Pandits and Muslims of Kashmir.