Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Teetwal (J& Hundreds of earthen lamps lit the Teetwal hamlet in Jammu and Kashmir s Kupwara district on Monday as Diwali was being celebrated for the first time at the Mata Sharda Devi temple being reconstructed in the area on the Line of Control (LoC). India News | Diwali Celebrated at Teetwal Hamlet on LoC for First Time Since Independence.
‘Temple will serve as base camp to Sharda Peeth pilgrimage’ Sanjeev K Sharma JAMMU/TEETWAL, Sept 11: Destroyed by Pakistan army backed Kabailis (tribal raiders) in 1947 attack on Kashmir, a temple and a Gurudwara at a small hamlet on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara area of J&K will soon be opened for pilgrims from across the nation and the world. Sources informed that before 1947 there used to be a temple-cum-inn, to facilitate pilgrims of revered Sharda Peeth […]
While Pakistan had facilitated Pakistani Hindus wanting to undertake the Sharda pilgrimage, Indian Hindus continue to lose out as the two countries are unable to reach an agreement.