SRINAGAR: After two years of breach, the Kashmiri pandits made a procession of Janmashtami to celebrate Lord Krishna’s birthday here on Monday.
Amid rigorous security arrangements, the procession began from the Ganpatyar temple in the Habba Kadal area of the city and passed through Kralkhud, Barbarshah before reaching the clock tower of the historic Lal Chowk, officials said. .
They said the procession crossed the Amirakadal bridge, passed through the Jehangir chowk and returned to the temple.
Devotees, including men, women and children, danced beside the chariot and distributed sweets among the people.
An elderly man among the devotees said it was after two years that they were allowed to make the Janmashtami procession to Srinagar.
There was no procession in 2020 due to COVID-19, while the blockade imposed following the repeal of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019 had led to the cancellation of the event.
I’ll see See: Devotees celebrate Janmashtami at the historic Lal Chowk in Srinagar
Amid rigorous security arrangements, the procession began from the Ganpatyar temple in the Habba Kadal area of the city and passed through Kralkhud, Barbarshah before reaching the clock tower of the historic Lal Chowk, officials said. .
They said the procession crossed the Amirakadal bridge, passed through the Jehangir chowk and returned to the temple.
Devotees, including men, women and children, danced beside the chariot and distributed sweets among the people.
An elderly man among the devotees said it was after two years that they were allowed to make the Janmashtami procession to Srinagar.
There was no procession in 2020 due to COVID-19, while the blockade imposed following the repeal of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019 had led to the cancellation of the event.
I’ll see See: Devotees celebrate Janmashtami at the historic Lal Chowk in Srinagar