Weather has changed in Kashmir, bells will ring again in temples, Pandits eagerly wait

Very soon the echo of bells will be heard again in the temples of Kashmir. Temples abandoned since the 1990s are being renovated and hundreds of temples have been completed. Now we are just waiting for the Kashmiri Pandits to return home. Under the Srinagar Smart City Project, temples that were burnt and abandoned in the 1990s are being rebuilt in several areas of Kashmir with the help of the Central Government. So far in 2021, more than 20 ancient temples have been renovated in different areas of Srinagar, while works are still to be carried out in more than 15 historic temples.

The construction of large and ancient historical temples is almost complete, these include temples like Hanuman Temple, Mangleshwar, besides many large temples in the city centre. All these temples are said to be between 600 and 700 years old.

Kashmir temples

Kashmiri Pandits had left home

As soon as the period of militancy began in the Kashmir Valley in 1989, firstly the Kashmiri Pandits located in the city center started migrating from Kashmir fearing violence and terrorism and then with the passage of the At that time, the temple bells rang in the morning and in the afternoon the bells had also fallen silent. The lands, properties and temples of the Kashmiri Pandits were only a scene of desolation and nothing more, but after the removal of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, from the year 2021, the Central Government has taken up the initiative to populate all these deserts. temples.

The temples are 700 years old and are being prepared again

The special thing is that these abandoned temples are being rebuilt according to the 700-year-old architect’s design. Kashmiri Pandits also seem very happy with this measure taken by the central government. He believes that abandoned temples in Kashmir are being rebuilt and now some big temples have been completely renovated, where Kashmiri Pandits often come and offer prayers. These people also believe that Kashmiri Pandits should return so that worship can be performed in these temples again.

So far, about 20 historic temples have been renovated, while the number of temples in the valley is 952. The government is trying to renovate all the temples that have become ruins since the 1990s as soon as possible.