Category: Culture and Heritage
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Goddess Sharda Devi at Purmandal: Ajar Door Awaits Search || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
The links of Kashmiri, Sanskrit &; Dogri Provenance. Sharda Devi by late M.M.Munshi, 2013, at Chedia. It was while paying obeisance in the temple the other day, the attention of this writer got drawn towards an idol inadvertently. In the normal course, it appeared to be a Shivlingam. Since it was smeared with vermilion (Sandhur)…
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Administration Tramples Divinity: With Impunity || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
The strong winds of social media this time carried our endeavour far and wide across the globe towards restoration, protecting and preserving the sanctity and precious heritage of Purmandal-Utterbani, Kashi of Northern India. Purmandal is one of the oldest temples in Duggar Deshaalong with Mata Vaishno Devi Cave Shrine. However, the one and only religious…
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Traditional Ponds-turn Habitations || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
With one voice commoner expresses his” Maan Kee Bhaat” make the administration answerable who destroy our traditional Ponds with intent to put our lives in distress and of coming generations as well’. These Traditional Ponds , crated by the locals had directly and indirectly supported millions of people in providing services such clean water …
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POLLUTED DEVIKA: CRAVING ATTENTION || By Jawaher Lal Baru || LIVE IMAGE
Purmandal, a renowned pilgrimage destination in District Samba of J&K UT commonly known as Kashi of North India is located on the banks of holy River Devika in Shivalik hills about 30 kilometers Southeast of Jammu and about 25 Kilometers Northwest of Samba by Road. Annual footfall of Devotee Tourists are of the order of…
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An open letter of thanks to Delimitation Commission || by Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo || LIVE IMAGE
An open letter of thanks to Delimitation Commission || by Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo || LIVE IMAGE Yes, finally, the Delimitation Commission of India stood the test in terms of the concerns and aspirations of the Kashmiri Pandits, the indegenous people of Kashmir, presently living in exile due to the ethnic cleansing in the valley. This…
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31 years on, tearful saga still continues; Will their wounds heal anytime? || By Rajinder Premi || LIVE IMAGE
31 years on, tearful saga still continues; Will their wounds heal anytime? || By Rajinder Premi || LIVE IMAGE 31 years on tearful saga still continues. Will their wounds heal anytime? Healing touch eludes our front-line terrorist victim family,morethan three decades on, the tearful saga continues, as our wounds are still raw, will they heal any-time?…
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कमाल हो गया || by विजय लक्ष्मी सिंह || LIVE IMAGE
कमाल हो गया हिसाब जो लगाया आज जिंदगी का तो फिर बवाल हो गया, क्या खोया क्या पाया का शेष निकाला तो वो भी लाल हो गया। रूके नही जो रोके से भी उनके चले जाने का मलाल हो गया, वक्त की बयार में बह गए इस कदर, वापस जाने का जब रास्ता ना…
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CUSTODIAN MAKAAN 1947 || By V.K. Wattal || LIVE IMAGE
CUSTODIAN MAKAAN 1947 by- V K WATTAL Honble Prime Minister of India Honble Home Minister of India Dr. Farooq Abdullah M.P. Mam Mehbooba Mufti Respected Sirs, I am taking you back to the year 1947 -48. India became independent and a new country Pakistan was also born. In the month of October 1947 ( October…
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Pre-Partition Pakhtun Politics & its Kashmiri Proponents || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Pre-Partition Pakhtun Politics & its Kashmiri Proponents || By Bhushan Parimoo || LIVE IMAGE Pathans or Pakhtuns, as they prefer to call themselves, are martial tribal races who inhabit the North-Western Frontier Province of Pakistan now called Pakhtunwa. Kashmiris remember them for their brutality and cruelty as rulers during the 18th…
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Kashmiri Pandits De jure Ist class, De facto 2nd class citizens || by Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo || LIVE IMAGE
Kashmiri Pandits De jure Ist class, De facto 2nd class citizens || by Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo || #LIVE_IMAGE It is an established fact that the history of Jammu and Kashmir begins with the history of #Kashmiri_Pandits, the indigenous people of Kashmir. The oldest documents of #history_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir like Neelmatpuran, Rajtarangini, Vikramankdevcharit and other chronicles are testimony…