Around 5,000 Kashmiri Pandits leave for Kheer Bhawani Mela in Kashmir amid tight security

Nagrota (J-K): More than 5,000 people, mostly members of the Kashmiri Pandit community, started their journey from here on Wednesday for the annual Kheer Bhawani Mela in the Kashmir Valley amid tight security, officials said.

The Kheer Bhawani Mela, celebrated on Zeisht Ashtami, will take place on June 14 at the shrines of Tulmulla in Ganderbal, Tikker in Kupwara, Laktipora



Aishmuqam in Anantnag, Mata Tripursundri Devsar in Kulgam, and Mata Kheer Bhawani in Manzgam.

The four-day pilgrimage started on Wednesday with Divisional Commissioner (Jammu) Ramesh Kumar, Relief Commissioner Dr Arvind Karwani and prominent Kashmiri Pandit leaders flagging off the journey from Nagrota in the outskirts of Jammu city.