JAMMU, INDIA, May 16, 2011: Jammu got a replica of the famous Ganesh Nandikishwar Temple, located in South Kashmir, today. “We have set up a replica of famous grand Ganesha Temple of south Kashmir’s Hanand Chawalgan area,” Secretary of the Temple Trust Professor O N Koul told reporters here today. Amid prayers, a maha yagya and hymns, a black murti of Lord Ganesha brought from Mahabalipuram, under the guidance of Shankracharya of Kanchi Muth Swami Vijendra Saraswati Ji Maharaj, was installed in presence of over 3,000 devotees.
The temple complex, which has come up in half an acre, has a sacred tree (bran) which is said to be the first tree to grow in Jammu soil. The temple has been opened for darshan of devotees from May 16 – the day of Ganesh Chaturdasi.