Kheer Bhawani is the patron goddess of Kashmiri Pandits — the most revered pilgrimage site for the exiled community since 1990. The temple is built over a sacred spring that CHANGES COLOR — traditionally a change to black portends calamity for Kashmir. The color shifted black before the 1947 partition, the 1990 Pandit exodus, and the 2016 unrest. The primary offering is kheer (rice-milk pudding). Pilgrims do not consume meat within kilometers of the shrine. The annual Jyesṭhā Aṣṭamī (Jun
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MantraOm Bhagavatyai Kheer Bhawanyai Namaḥ
