Bala Devi temple at Balhama to be restored

Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary Tuesday visited Bala Devi temple at Balhama here and took a firsthand assessment of its restoration needs recorded during the Back to Village programme in the area.

The visit to the temple comes in the wake of officialcamping as part of the ongoing rural outreach programme in the area bringing tofore the said requirements of the ancient temple.

   

The Kashmiri Pandits Welfare Committee Balhama briefed theDC about the requirements of the temple some of which included exterior andinterior renovations and constructions of fencing and dharm shalla and toiletsfor visiting devotees among other such facilities. The committeerepresentatives said the temple was last renovated in 1970s.

The DC while speaking on the occasion said all the demandssurrounding the renovation and preservation of the ancient temple will beapproved adding that relevant works will start soon.

Dr Shahid also assured the Pandit representatives ofredressal of all other genuine developmental concerns and grievances raisedduring the Back to Village programme in the area.

ADC Srinagar K K Sidha was and officers from concerned linedepartments accompanied the DC to the temple. The Sarpanch of the area was alsopresent on the occasion.

Balhama village draws its name from this ancient templebelieved to be some 5000 years old.

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