ISLAMABAD – Pakistan government gave a green signal for opening of ShardaPeeth corridor for Hindu pilgrims on request of former Occupied Kashmir CMMehbooba Mufti, India media has reported.
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu and KashmirChief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday reiterated her request to Indiangovernment to reopen Sharda Peeth, a temple across Line of Control (LoC),for Kashmiri Panditslink,ANI has reported.
Taking to Twitter, she said, Not too long ago I had written to PM imploringGoI to reopen Sharda Peeth, a temple across LoC for Kash Pandits. Aninitiative like this at a time when Indo – Pak tensions are at an all timehigh could help navigate the current impasse.”
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Not too long ago I had written to PM imploring GoI to reopen Sharda Peeth,a temple across LoC for Kash Pandits. An initiative like this at a timewhen Indo – Pak tensions are at an all time high could help navigate thecurrent impasse.ANI linklink✔linklink
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Her remark comes hours after Pakistani media reported that the Pakistangovernment gave a green signal for opening of Sharda Peeth corridor forHindu pilgrims.
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In December last year, Mufti had requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi toget Sharda Peeth pilgrimage in Azad Kashmir opened for Kashmiri Pandits andother devotees.
In a letter to Prime Minister Modi, Mufti greeted him for opening Kartarpurcorridor for the Sikh pilgrims and said that Sharda Peeth is a relic ofKashmir’s glowing history and connects the people with their cultural andintellectual roots.
“For the Kashmiri Pandits, it is an important place of pilgrimage which wasfrequented by them till independence. Their urge to open it to pilgrimagehas been projected ever since the reopening of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road.
Kartarpur has encouraged the Pandit community to see a possibility of thepilgrimage to Sharda Peeth in the same spirit and our belief isstrengthened by the reported offer of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan toallow it along with the pilgrimage to Katas Raj,” Mufti stated in theletter.
The ancient temple of Sharda and the adjacent ruins of Sharda Universitylie in the Neelam Valley, which is located about 160 km from Muzaffarabad.
