INVC NEWS
New Delhi ,
Save Sharda Committee Kashmir (Regd.) in a press statement in New Delhi today has has hailed the letter written by Ms Mehbooba Mufti to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding reopening of Sharda Peeth in POK on the lines of Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara in Narowal, Punjab Pakistan. Save Sharda committee had met former CM in New Delhi a few days back and held discussions in the wake of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s statement in which he admitted for opening of Sharda Corridor as well. “ We fervently appeal PM to accord approval for annual Sharda pilgrimage as well. Our demand is pending for last 70 years and we are struggling on the issue vigorously for the last 15 years” said Ravinder Pandita , Head & Founder of the committee.
A mechanism is already in place since 2007 wherein people on both sides of LoC can travel to meet their relatives on LoC permit. Two routes Uri- Muzaffarabad and Poonch –Rawlakote is already catering to the bus service meant for J&K residents. Ravinder Pandita while welcoming the letter written by Mehbooba mufti to PM stressed the need of re-opening of Sharda Peeth in POK- the issue that is so dear to Kashmir and India. The Committee has got Soil & Stones from POK through Civil society there, a photo of goddess Sharada has been installed in March’2017 and in January this year the supreme court of PoK has also given a landmark judgement on preservation of peeth to a petition by Save Sharda Committee Kashmir (Regd.). Sharda Peeth – the highest Peeth of Adi Shankaracharya lies on the banks of river Kishanganga, Madhumati & Saraswati and is about 140 kms from Muzaffarabad. The last yatra undertaken was by kashmiri saint Swami Nand Lal ji who came to our side of Kashmir from Sharda village in the year 1948.
