Excelsior Correspondent
TEXAS (US), May 29: Zyetha Aetham festival was also celebrated in USA by the by Kashmiri Pandit diaspora.
Hundreds of devotees from across Texas from the Kashmiri Pandit community attended the age old festival at Houston, Texas with full gusto and vigour. A traditional Yagnya / Homa was performed accompanied by devotional bhajans at the Hindu Worship Society temple at Houston.
After the completion of Yagnya, authentic Kashmiri satvic bhojan including Kheer was also served to all the devotees.
Jyeshtha Ashtami commonly known as ‘Zyetha Aettham ‘ in Kashmiri is a festival of Mata Ragnya Bhagwati held every year in Kashmir at Kheer Bhawani Temple, Tulmula. This auspicious day falls on the eighth day of bright half (waxing fortnight) of Jyeshtha month of Hindu Soli-lunar calendar.
The historic shrine of Goddess Ragnya (Kheer Bhawani or Ragnya Bhawani Mata) is one of the most revered Hindu temples of Kashmir. It is said that Mata Ragnya, a Vaishnav incarnation of goddess Durga resides here. She is also Maa Triporsundari incarnate herself.
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