“Firecrackers, puja and diyas: For the first time in 75 years, Diwali is celebrated at the Mata Sharda Devi Temple in Kupwara, Kashmir”, Opindia, November 13, 2023:

“Numbers of earthen lamps lit the Teetwal hamlet in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday as Diwali was celebrated for the first time at the Mata Sharda Devi temple in the last 75 years, the organiser of the event claimed. 

Prayers on the occasion were also performed in the temple, which is now reconstructed in the area on the Line of Control (LoC). 

Ravinder Pandita, Head and founder of the Save Sharda Committee said that this is happening for the first time in 75 years. 

“It’s a matter of happiness that Diwali is being celebrated in the same way as it used to be before 75 years. The inauguration of this temple was done on March 22 after its renovation,” Pandita said while speaking to ANI…..”

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