Srinagar, June 28: 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 a donation.
According to the 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 shrine. The statement quoted Dr Singh as 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 birth.
Dr Singh expressed happiness over the reconstruction of the shrine, which was destroyed in a fire in 1995, leaving only the sacred grave intact.
Talking to reporters, Dr Singh said that the recent visit of Dr Farooq Abdullah to the Kheer Bhawani shrine and his own visit to Charar-e-Sharief reflected Kashmir’s centuries-old tradition of interfaith harmony and coexistence.
