AIKS greets community on Mela Kheer Bhawani – demands Govt Holiday

New Delhi : AIKS (All India kashmiri samaj) has greeted kashmiri pandit community on the eve of Mela kheer Bhawani and has demanded that the festival be declared a Gazetted holiday, as in the past. This year too thousands of pilgrims have thronged Kher Bhawani temple in Tulmulla, Ganderbal, Kashmir. In a press release President of AIKS Ravinder Pandita said “The whole kashmiri samaj is celebrating at a low ebb because of the Pahalgam tragedy. The visit to the sacred temple should not be seen as Return of an exiled community. We have been visiting Mela kheer Bhawani in thousands every year”

AIKS has thanked the Govt for making elaborate arrangements during the mela and advocates for promotion of religious tourism throughout the state.