PEERZADA SAYEED
Lt. Gen. Rajiv Ghai, Commander 15 Corps Badami Bagh Cantt visited Sharda Temple & Gurudwara at LoC Teetwal, along with his wife . He was accompanied by GoC Kupwara Girish Kalia and his wife. He was received by Sharda Temple Committee members Ajaz Khan, S. Joginder Singh, Hridyayanand Pujari amongst other locls and yatris from South India present there. Chairmain Save Sharda Committee. Sh. Ravinder Pandita has thanked the army generals who visited the recently inaugurated temple at Teetwal today. This was the first visit of the General to Teetwal after taking over on 14 June this year. The temple was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in presence of Hon’ble LG Manoj Sinha, MP Bangalore Tejaswi Surya and Head of Save Sharda Committee Ravinder Pandita on March 22 this year via Live streaming. Pilgrims and dignitaries from whole country have been thronging this Sharda Temple since its consecration. On this occasion Hon’ble CJ J&K and L lauded the role of Sharda Committee. The visiting general was presented sharda shawl & memento by Save Sharda Committee at the venue.
LoC Teetwal was a traditional route of pilgrimage to Sharda peeth which was last stopped in 1948 after tribal raids and partition. Ever since no such yatra has taken place. The Committee comprising of Civil society of Tangdhar Karnah & other parts of JK UT is actively engaged for recreating this ancient heritage. Save Sharda Committee Kashmir Regd. is struggling for cross LoC pilgrimages for nearly 2 decades now.
