KHEER BHAWANI MELA

Kheer Bhawani temple: 

• Location: Tulmul village, near Srinagar (J&K). 
  
  
• Deity: The temple is dedicated to the Goddess kheer Bhawani. 
  • The deity is also called as Maharagya Devi, Ragnya Devi, Rajni, Ragnya Bhagwati. 
    
    
  • The term kheerrefers to rice pudding that is offered in the spring located in the temple to Please the Goddess. 
    
    
  
  
  
• This is the most important temple for Kashmiri Pandits. 
  
  
• Mela Kheer Bhawani: It is an Annual Festival during which the devotees of the Goddess Mata Kheer Bhawani fast and gather here on the eighth day of the full moon in the month of May/ June when, according to belief, the Goddess changes the colour of the spring's waters.