SRINAGAR, April 12 (Kashmir Observer): Kashmiri Hindu community celebrated Ram Navami, the birthday of lord Ram, with religious fervour and gaiety on Wednesday. Members of Kashmiri Pandit community visited temples since early this morning. A large number of Pandits assembled at Ram temple, Sathu Barbar Shah for special prayers.
The society demanded that the State Assembly pass the Hindu Temples and Shrines bill to safeguard the religious properties from encroachments and to carry out renovation and repair works of these places. According to Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti, an organisation of Kashmiri Pandits staying in Kashmir valley, currently there are 651 families with of population of 2,764 Kashmiri Pandits staying in and outside Srinagar.