(By: Dr. Rajesh Bhat*) Shadipur Kashmir Dashaar, often likened to the revered Purna Kumbh Mela, used to be a unique and ancient festival celebrated by Kashmiri Pandits. Unlike the regularly scheduled Kumbh Melas, the timing of Kashmir’s Dashaar depends on ten specific astronomical and astrological configurations, occurring roughly every 10, 12, 36 or 75 years. […]
(By: K R Ishan) As North India swelters under a relentless heat wave, memories flood back for the Kashmiri Pandit community. This scorching heat evokes the harrowing summer of 1990 when thousands of Pandits were forced to leave their idyllic homeland of Kashmir—famous for its cool climate, verdant landscapes, and serene brooks—and face the blistering […]
(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive Research) Sir Pandit Tej Bahadur Sapru (8 December 1875 – 20 January 1949) is widely recognized as an Indian freedom fighter, eminent lawyer, and politician. However, very few are aware of his deep connection to his Kashmiri roots, akin to the present-day Kashmiri Pandits dispersed globally following their forced mass exodus from […]
( Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) As the people of Jammu and Kashmir continue to express faith in the democratic and developmental potential of India and when suddenly local politicians of Kashmir are extending goodwill messages for the return of displaced Kashmiri Pandits, it’s imperative to revisit the false narratives surrounding the late Governor Jagmohan, who was […]
By: K R Ishan Thirty-eight years ago, this day, on February, 20, Anantnag riots of 1986 had begun from Wanpoh village of the South Kashmir district, sowing the seeds for the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley, which ultimately started germinating in 1990. On the fateful day of February 20, 1986, several […]
Hindus, especially Kashmiri Pandits continued to perform puja at a spot well below the mosque after the desecration of what used to be a grand and magnificent Kali temple
