Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday participated in the Navgrah Ashtamangalam Pooja at Martand Sun temple, Mattan, Anantnag where special prayers were held to commemorate the visit of Shankaracharya to Kashmir.
A function was also held at the Shankaracharya Temple in Srinagar.
According to ANI, the prayers were part of a five-day event organized by the One India Strong India with the support of civil administration and different religious groups of Kashmiri Hindus.
The event was attended by more than 100 pilgrims carrying saffron flags and chanting Har Har Mahadev slogans.
“The leader of the contingent, Maharaj Rudranath Anhad Mahakal, who said he heads a religious body in Karauli in Rajasthan called Rashtriya Anhad Mahayog Peeth, said he had emailed the District Commissioner’s office about his plan to hold prayers at the Martand temple, but got no response,” Indian Express reported the head priest of the event, who is from Rajhastan, as saying.
“We decided to go ahead with our plan. Instead of just talking about these things, we should act.”