Kashmiri Hindu devotees pray in Khir Bhawani temple
Kashmiri Hindu migrant women pray at the Kheer Bhawani temple during an annual Hindu festival in Jammu, India, Monday, June. 17, 2013. Kheer Bhawani temple originally in Srinagar, was built in Jammu as well by exiled Kashmiri Hindus. The temple is dedicated to the Goddess Rajnya Devi, popularly known as Kheer Bhawani, in which thousand of devotees offer milk and “Kheer” or pudding to the sacred spring, as they believe the pudding turns black to warn of impending disaster. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Channi Anand>
An aged priest applies vermilion on the forehead of a young Hindu devotee at the Khir Bhawani temple in Tulmula, some 30 kilometres north of Srinagar, summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 17, 2013. Thousands of Hindu devotees thronged the historic Kheer Bhavani Temple dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kheer Bhavani and offered prayers. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Javed Dar>
A Kashmiri Hindu devotee helps his child in pouring milk into the spring to pay respects to the deity at the Khir Bhawani temple in Tulmula, some 30 kilometres north of Srinagar, summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 17, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Javed Dar>
A Kashmiri Hindu devotee carrying earthen lamps on a plate to pay respects to the deity at the Khir Bhawani temple in Tulmula, some 30 kilometres north of Srinagar, summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 17, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Javed Dar>