Kashmiri Pandits are longing to return home and there is a great societal yearning to welcome home atmospheric currently loud and visible.
Srinagar, May 29:The birth anniversary of Devi Zeshtamata was celebrated with great religious fervor at the Jaash Tha Devi temple in Srinagar, featuring a grand maha Yagna . Devotees from distant places of UT and outside visited the temple to partake in the rituals and celebrate the auspicious occasion.
When contacted for his views -Ashok Bhan, a prominent Kashmiri Pandit,a leader and noted supreme court lawyer, highlighted the deep historical ties/ roots of Kashmiri Pandits to the region, which span more than over five thousand years.
He emphasized the integral civilisational connect of Kashmir to Indian civilisation and called for structured government initiatives to plan and facilitate the return of Kashmiri Pandits to their homeland. Bhan specifically mentioned the need for support from Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister in these efforts.It has been their political & constitutional commitment both in and outside the Parliament.There is a socio-Political consensus in the Country and Jammu & Kashmir for return,rehabilitation and restitution of the Kashmiri Pandit Community back to homeland.35 years of exile is too traumatic and fraught with disintegration of this illustrious/Unique community.
Bhan said ;Kashmir is incomplete without the physical presence of its aborigines pandit population.Kashmir being an inalienable part of Union of India,the new age youth by huge participation in voting recently have preferred democracy and rejected violence in all forms,bigotry & exclusivity.
It is the high time for UOI to initiate and plan a structured return and rehabilitation for the exiled aborigines Kashmiri Pandits back in homeland.The idea of India would be incomplete and genuine peace will allude in the absence of large population of Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley.Such realisation is discernible on ground Bhan say after his visit to all the shrines in the Valley including “Bariav cave of Acharya Abbinow Gupta”:focussed interactions with civil society,religious peers and political leadership The policy pandits for UOI have to realistically appreciate,create new narrative and advise the leadership to fulfil their in and out of Parliament commitments urgently about the Garwapsi of KPs.
Kashmiri Pandits are longing to return home and there is a great societal yearning to welcome home atmospheric currently loud and visible.
“Kashmiri Pandits now indisputable rights to return to their homeland following integration,peace and democratic process.Bhan said, underscoring the importance of their return to the valley for revival of the inclusive society,peace,strengthening of idea of India and glory of the cradle of Kashmiri civilisational ethos.
Other pandit’s ecohed the similar sentiments and at the event warmly welcomed all natives who attended the celebration, marking it as a significant and sacred occasion for the community.
Thousands of KP devotees attended and participated in Hawan at Mata Zetheyar temple and all devotees prayed for peace and Ghar Wapsi of the exiled aborigines Kashmiri Pandit Community.
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