Haryana
Haryana Governor Visits Srinagar’s Vachar Nag Temple
- 10 Apr 2024
- 1 min read
Why in News?
Recently, Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya visited the ancient Vachar (Vichar) Nag Shiva temple in Srinagar and joined Kashmiri Pandits in a special puja on the occasion of Navreh, the Kashmiri New Year.
Key Points
- During the visit, he released a special calendar to commemorate 5,100 years of the ‘Saptarishi system’.
- The Vachar (Vichar) Nag temple was closed in the 1990s when Pandits left the Valley in the wake of rising militancy.
Navreh
- It is celebrated on the first day of the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the month of Chaitra (March–April) in the Kashmiri Hindu calendar.
- It is the Sanskrit word ‘Nav-Varsha’ from which the word ‘Navreh’ has been derived.
- Kashmiri Pandits dedicate the Navreh festival to their Goddess Sharika and pay homage to her during the festival.
