Examiner Bureau | Budgam:
Dr Karan Singh on Sunday visited the revered shrine of Charar-e-Sharief in central Kashmir along with his daughter, Dr Jyotsna Singh, where he offered a chaadar and made a donation.
According to an official statement, the shrine’s priest prayed for Dr Singh’s health and well-being and recalled that several generations of his family had visited the revered shrine over the years.
The statement quoted Dr Singh as sharing a personal family anecdote, saying that his father had tied a green ribbon at the shrine while praying for the birth of a son and later returned to untie it after his wish was fulfilled following Dr Singh’s birth.
Dr Singh also expressed satisfaction over the reconstruction of the shrine, which was destroyed in a devastating fire in 1995, leaving only the sacred grave untouched.
Speaking to reporters after the visit, Dr Singh said the recent visit of National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah to the Kheer Bhawani shrine, coupled with his own visit to Charar-e-Sharief, reflected Kashmir’s centuries-old ethos of communal harmony, mutual respect and peaceful coexistence.
He said such visits symbolise the Valley’s rich tradition of shared cultural and spiritual heritage, where people of different faiths have historically respected each other’s places of worship.
