Temple renovation in Kashmir after 3 decades to be completed soon

By Zaffar Iqbal Srinagar, Jan 17 : Work for the renovation of a temple in Srinagar as part of the government’s ‘Smart City Project’ for renovating a temple, a gurdwara, an imambara, a church and two Muslim shrines in Kashmir will be completed by the end of February, officials said.
The temple dedicated to Lord Ram was constructed on the banks of river Jhelum in Srinagar by Maharaja Gulab Singh in 1835. Its renovation was started last year.
In early 1990s after militancy erupted, there was a mass migration of Kashmiri Pandits who fled for their lives and settled outside Kashmir leaving behind their residences, businesses and places of worship.
After moving out, most Pandits started living in cramped transit migrant camps in Jammu. Successive governments promised better accommodation and facilities for them but the progress of implementation remained slow.
“By the end of next month, the work on the renovation of Raghunath temple in Srinagar will be completed,” a tourism official said.
He said the roof of the temple involved intricate work for which material made of bronze were procured from outside of Kashmir.