Principal Secretary Home visits historic Sharda Temple at LoC

STC NEWS DESK
KUPWARA, SEPTEMBER 13 (STC): Principal Secretary Home, Government of J&K, Chandraker Bharti, Saturday visited the historic Sharda Temple at Line of Control (LoC) Teetwal in Kashmir. This was his first visit to the LoC.
Notably, Teetwal (also spelled Tithwal) is a small border village situated on the banks of the Kishanganga River in Kupwara district, 82 km from the district headquarters and close to the Line of Control with Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
According to the reports, the Principal Secretary was accompanied by his wife, officials, and other police officers. At the temple, he was received by Coordinator Ajaz Khan and offered prayers.
The Chairman of the Save Sharda Committee hailed the visit of the Home Secretary. On the occasion, Bharti was presented with a Sharda shawl and a book on Sharda authored by Ravinder Pandita.
Chandraker Bharti appreciated the efforts of the Save Sharda Committee Kashmir (Regd.) in reconstructing the temple and Gurudwara after 75 years.
(Straight Talk Communications)