{"id":6663,"date":"2016-06-15T06:39:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T06:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=6660&amp;preview_id=6660"},"modified":"2016-06-15T06:39:49","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T06:39:49","slug":"pandits-gather-in-kashmir-for-dashar-maha-kumbh-held-after-75-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=6663","title":{"rendered":"Pandits gather in Kashmir for \u2018Dashar Maha Kumbh\u2019 held after 75 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"_content\">\n<p><strong>Ganderbal(J-K): Dashar Maha Kumbh was organised in Kashmir after a gap of 75 years on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The festival was held on the confluence of sacred Sindhu and Vitasta rivers in Ganderbal district of Kashmir. Taking a dip at the junction of rivers at Shadipora is considered to be auspicious as per the Hindu mythology.<\/p>\n<p>Over 20,000 Kashmir Pandits thronged to the spot at Shadipora Sangam to take holy dip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis fair has come after a gap of 75 years and our ancestors, my grandfather use to say, that it last happened during their time. Today, I got to experience this. I am feeling blessed that I celebrated this festival with my son and my family,\u201d a Kashmiri Pandit, Rajkumar, said.<\/p>\n<p>The place holds same significance for Kashmiri Hindus as Haridwar, considered to be one of the holiest cities of religious importance to the community.<\/p>\n<p>At Shadipora Sangam lies an ancient Chinar tree (Platanus orientalis) that is considered mystical and sacred by Kashmiri Pandits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am happy that I am one among the fortunate ones, who are participating in this Kumbh mela. People have come here to attend the programme. It is a very big deal for Kashmiri Pandits as they are bathing in Maha Kumbh,\u201d said All Parties Migrants Coordination Committee, spokesperson, King Bharti.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abplive.in\/lifestyle\/pandits-gather-in-kashmir-for-dashar-maha-kumbh-held-after-75-years-362583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pandits gather in Kashmir for \u2018Dashar Maha Kumbh\u2019 held after 75 years<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ganderbal(J-K): Dashar Maha Kumbh was organised in Kashmir after a gap of 75 years on Tuesday. The festival was held on the confluence of sacred Sindhu and Vitasta rivers in Ganderbal district of Kashmir. Taking a dip at the junction of rivers at Shadipora is considered to be auspicious as per the Hindu mythology. Over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[242,90,1600,1537],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}