Kheer Bhawani Temple Kashmir | Kashmiri Pandit's Sacred Temple | Story of Kheer Bhawani Temple

In this video we visited Kashmiri Pandit's Sacred #temple , #kheerbhawani Temple located in #ganderbal district. Kheer Bhawani, #Ksheer Bhawani or the #Ragnya Devi temple is a #hindutemple situated at a distance of 25 kilometres north-east of #srinagar , #jammukashmir , #india , in the village of #Tulmul in Ganderbal. It is dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kheer Bhavani constructed over a #sacred #spring . As is the custom with Hindu #deities , the #goddess has many names including Ragnya or #Rajna along with variations in honorifics such as #Devi , #mata or #bhagavati . The term kheer refers to a milk and rice pudding that is offered to propitiate the goddess. Kheer Bhawani is sometimes translated as 'Milk Goddess'. The worship of Kheer Bhawani is universal among the Hindus of #kashmir , most of them who worship her as their protective patron deity Kuladevi.
The sacred spring here has its own attached belief. An eponymously named #mela is held annually here. It is one of the largest gatherings of Hindus in the region following the Amarnath pilgrimage. Maharaja Pratap Singh of Jammu and Kashmir and Maharaja Hari Singh contributed to building and renovating the temple.
The temple is one of the most important temples for Kashmiri Hindus in Kashmir. The resident deity, Kheer Bhawani, is a favourite in this region. A heptagonal spring at the temple is situated around the goddess. The holy spring is known to change its colour with various hues of red, pink, orange, green, blue, and white. A black shade of the spring water is believed to be inauspicious.
The Kheer Bhawani mela or festival sees the annual congregation of Kashmiri Hindus, and other pilgrims and tourists. The mela is during Jyeshtha Ashtami, also spelt as 'Zyeshta Astami'. The mention of Kheer Bhawani is found in Kalhana's #Rajtarangini . Kalhana writes that the sacred spring of Tula Mula is situated in a marshy ground. Thousands of years ago, floods inundated the spring and temple. Kashmir's Yogi Krishna Pandit Taploo of Bohri Kadal, Srinagar had a dream in which the Goddess appeared to him and directed him to the location of the holy spring. It is also mentioned in the #Bhrigu Samhita.
There is also a mythological story associated with the temple, it is believed that Kheer Devi resided in Ravana's city of Lanka and was pleased with Ravana's devotion. But Kheer Devi got angry because #ravana kidnapped #sita Mata, so mother did not want to live in Lanka. Mata then instructed Sri Ram Bhakta #hanuman to install her idol in Tulmool village. In Kashmir, Mata is worshiped as #tripurasundari and #vaishnavi while in Sri Lanka it is called Shyama of the Goddess. It is believed that after Ravana worshiped the goddess, he offered her Kheer, which her accepted and has since been called Kheer Bhavani.
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