By B Revti Death had stalked Swami Amarnath ji pilgrims in August 1996 as never before scores of people had perished due to the unseasonal snowfall and the torrential rains that had begun with the movement of pilgrims from Pahalgam, the base camp of Amarnath to the holy cave shrine. Bad weather had made it […]
Eminent Kashmiri Pandit historian and scholar, Prof ML Koul in his book “The Amarnath pilgrimage- History and Facts’’ categorically states that, “ it is a mere myth, a fib, lie and fabrication that the holy cave of Swami Amarnath Ji was discovered by a Kashmiri Muslim Malik family in 1845 A.D. In his book, released in Jammu […]
Swami Amarnath Yatra, which culminates every year on Raksha Bandhan, has remained the most revered and popular pilgrimage particularly during Dogra kings, who would accord utmost importance to the Yatra and ensure foolproof measures for its successful culmination under the Dharamarth Department, Srinagar. Some of the official files relating to Amarnath Yatra of 1942-43 […]
