Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 5: The Save Sharda Committee Kashmir has welcomed the idea of re-opening of Sharda Peeth in PoK, as mooted out by J&K State Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, yesterday.
The Committee in a handout issued here today said that Chief Minister made this statement while meeting a delegation of people from PoK in Srinagar yesterday. The founder member of the committee Ravinder Pandita has reiterated the long pending demand of Committee regarding re-opening of Sharda pilgrimage on the lines of Nanakana Sahib Sikh pilgrimage, by facilitating a dialogue with the Govt. of India and Govt. of Pakistan.
“Sharda Peeth is the basic seat of learning for Kashmiri Hindus and the last yatra undertaken was by Swami Nand Lal , a great Kashmiri saint in 1947 during partition, when he along with his followers had to leave village Sharda and come to Kupwara on this side of LoC”, Ravinder Pandita said.
Save Sharda Committee Kashmir ( regd.) has already approached Ministry of Home for clearance through Dr. Jitendra Singh MoS in PMO. The security clearance will be granted shortly, said Pandita. The Committee has already given memorandum to Prime Minister and External Affairs Minister as well as the outgoing Ambassador of Pakistan in April last. The Committee has also met Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment and MoS External Affairs Ministry for facilitating the sacred pilgrimage on LoC permit meant for State subjects of J&K.
In the meanwhile national vice president of BJP Avinash Rai Khanna has also written to PM and Minister of External Affairs recommending that the pilgrimage be allowed for Kashmiri Hindus.
Various Kashmiri Hindu organisations particularly APMCC has been pressing the demand for re-opening of Sharda Pilgrimage for the last 2 decades.
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