KHEER BHAWANI TEMPLE
Kheer Bhawani or Ksheer Bhawani Temple is situated at Tulmulla, in the Ganderbal Dist, Jammu & Kashmir. It is one of the important shrine for Hindus especially Kashmiri Hindus. It is about 25km drive from city of Srinagar. The temple is associated with Hindu Goddess Ragnaya Devi, another form of Goddess Parvati. The Temple was built by Maharaja Pratap Singh in the year 1912 and later it was renovated by Maharaja Hari Singh. The place is surrounded by streams and chinar trees in the temple premises. The main sanctum sanctorum is a Hexagonal Spring wherein the Diety of Goddess Ragnaya is decorated and housed in a small White Marble Temple. Mystic Spring The Legend goes that Ravana worshipped mother Ragnaya and she had resided in his kingdom "Lanka" now known as Srilanka. Later due to Ravana's misdeeds the goddess cursed him and ordered Lord Hanuman to take her to "Satisar"(Kashmir), a place cut-off from outside world by Snow Clad mountains. Along with t...