KUPWARA, June 3 -- Hundreds of devotees on Tuesday thronged the temple of Ragnya Devi, a revered goddess, to celebrate the annual auspicious festival of Mata Kheer Bhawani at Tikker Kupwara.

Annual festival was celebrated with religious fervor and great enthusiasm. Devotees paid obeisance at the holy temple and participated in Pooja Archana, Havan and offered floral tributes to the idol of the Mata. Walking barefoot, the devotees carried rose petals, milk and offered tribute to the goddess.Hundreds of devotees participated in the evening aarti. The religious sanctity of Mata KheerBhavaniTemple, built close to a holy spring, has a special spiritual significance among Kashmir Pandit devotees across the world. Annual festival presented the ...