Hindu temples locked since many years in Kashmir have lastly began opening for devotees

In what comes as a welcome signal for Hindus within the Kashmir valley, Shital Nath Temple situated within the Habba Kadal space of Srinagar reopened on Tuesday after being closed for many years as a consequence of terrorism and mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the area. To mark the opening of the gates of the temple, a particular ‘Pooja’ was performed by the devotees.Jammu and Kashmir: Shital Nath temple in Habba Kadal space of Srinagar reopened after 31 years on the event of Basant Panchami yesterday.”The temple was closed due to militancy and outmigration of Hindus. Today, we decided to offer puja here,” a commit stated. pic.twitter.com/iLkdtRC3Qh— ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2021The opening of the Temple was solely made attainable after the abrogation of Article 370 as terrorism and stone-pelting incidents have lowered significantly for the reason that centre’s landmark choice that came about on August 5, 2019.Read extra: What is Article 370 and why everyone seems to be celebrating its scrapping?Recently, Union Minister of State Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy advised Rajya Sabha through the Budget session that the variety of terrorist violence circumstances and stone-pelting incidents in Jammu and Kashmir had lowered drastically in 2020 compared to 2019.“A total of 157 terrorists were neutralised in 2019 and 221 were eliminated in 2020. There were 594 cases of terrorist violence in 2019, which reduced to 244 in 2020. There were 327 stone pelting incidents in 2020 as compared to 2,009 such incidents in 2019,” stated the Minister.127 individuals had been injured in ceasefire violations by Pakistan in 2019, in 2020 solely 71 individuals had been injured. In 2019 there have been 216 makes an attempt of infiltration, in 2020 there have been 99 such makes an attempt: MoS Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy in Rajya Sabha#JammuAndKashmir pic.twitter.com/bdoJOM5qxU— ANI (@ANI) February 8, 2021The opening of the Hindu temple is just not the primary choice taken by the centre to carry normalcy and Kashmiri Pandits again to the area. Reported by TFI, Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September final 12 months permitted the Jammu and Kashmir Languages Bill 2020 which makes 5 languages viz. Hindi, Kashmiri, Dogri, English and Urdu—the official language of the area.“We have decided to introduce the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill 2020 in Parliament, under which five languages—Urdu, Hindi, Kashmiri, Dogri and English—will become official languages. This has been done based on demand by the people,” I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar had stated.Read extra: Finally! Pakistanisation of J&Okay to finish as Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi will now be official languagesReported by TFI earlier, the federal government in an try to carry the Dogra group out of the shadows of the Kashmiri’s had additionally introduced a mega multimedia challenge value Rs 10 crore.The challenge is ready to be established in Jammu City and can spotlight the glory days of the Dogra rule within the state. Over the years the immense contribution of Dogras in Jammu & Kashmir’s historical past has gone unnoticed. The political narrative and discourse of the area has completely shifted to the issues of Kashmir valley and the Kashmiri individuals.Read extra: No extra Kashmiri hegemony: Govt all set to advertise lengthy forgotten historical past of Dogras in J&OkayThese slew of adjustments introduced in by the central authorities will assist the Hindus in Kashmir reclaim their misplaced glory. The separatist, in addition to terrorist forces, have toyed sufficient with the lives of Hindus for many years however not anymore below the NDA regime. The temples have began opening and shortly the Pandits shall be flocking their ancestral lands with none worry or hazard from the anti-national parts.