Uma Bhagwati temple reopened in Anantnag after 34 years

Anantnag, July 14: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai Sunday threw open the ancient temple dedicated to Goddess Uma Bhagwati for the devotees at Brariangan in Shangus Tehsil, Anantnag.

The temple has been reopened after a gap of nearly 34 years.

The Union Minister was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Anantnag, Syeed Fakhrudin Hamid, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Anantnag, G V Sundeep Chakravarthy, officers from the district administration, and office bearers of Uma Bhagwati Asthapan Trust.

During the re-opening ceremony, the idol of goddess Uma, brought from Rajasthan was placed in the sanctum sanctorum.

Addressing the gathering of devotees, the union minister expressed confidence that a large number of devotees would visit the temple on its re-opening.

He said that the government’s commitment towards a developed J&K and its syncretic culture would go a long way to develop J&K into a prosperous and peaceful region.

Uma Bhagwati temple at Brariangan is an ancient shrine where devotees used to come in large numbers from different parts of the J&K to pay obeisance to the goddess.

The temple is situated amidst five springs including ‘Brahma Kund, Vishnu Kund, Rudhra Kund, and Shiv Shakti Kund’.