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Postal service between India and Pakistan has been suspended after the air strike on Balakot.
The holy water meant for Ram temple first went from PoK to Britain and then from there to India.
Srinagar: Ram Lalla’s consecration is going to take place on January 22 in Ayodhya, due to which there is an atmosphere of joy among crores of Ram devotees in the country and the world. People are donating to Ram temple with their respective devotion. In this series, holy water has been collected from Sharda Peeth Kund in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and sent to India through Britain for use in the consecration ceremony.
Ravinder Pandit, founder of ‘Save Sharda Committee Kashmir’ (SSCK) said that the holy water is being transported through other countries due to the suspension of postal services between India and Pakistan following the air strike on Balakot following the Pulwama terror attack in 2019. Had to send from. He said, ‘The holy water of Sharda Kund of Sharda Peeth in PoK was collected by Tanveer Ahmed and his team. Our members of the civil society across the LOC (Line of Control) took it to Islamabad, from where it was sent to his daughter Maghribi in Britain.
Our Manjunath Sharma ji is in Ayodhya to handover holy water of Sharda kund from Sharda peeth PoK and many rivers of J&K in pran pratishtha of Ram mandir Ayodhya. Earlier we had sent pious soil & shila for shilanyas during foundation ceremony 3 years ago to Ram mandir.
Jai Siya… pic.twitter.com/3ftDu9opJD— Ravinder Pandita(Save Sharda) (@panditaAPMCC63) January 18, 2024
Ravinder said, ‘Maghribi handed it over to Kashmiri Pandit activist Sonal Sher, who came to Ahmedabad, India in August 2023. From there it reached me in Delhi. He said the holy water had to travel to Europe as postal services between India and Pakistan were temporarily suspended following the Balakot operation.
Ravinder said SSCK member Manjunath Sharma handed over the holy water to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders, who handed it over to senior functionary Koteshwar Rao in Ayodhya on Saturday. Sharda Sarvajna Peeth has been inaccessible since 1948 and the SSCK has formed a civil society across the Line of Control in PoK.
He said, “They sent us soil, stones and now water from the pond. It is a matter of pride that it is being used in Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha on January 22, 2024. This is the second big event after the consecration of Sharda temple by Shankaracharya of Sringeri on June 5 last year.
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Tags: Ayodhya ram mandir, PoK
FIRST PUBLISHED : January 21, 2024, 24:10 IST
