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Cave linked to Vaishno Devi shrine found
by MS Shasan Rajouri
(J-K): A newly found cave, which is stated to have passage leading to Vaishno
Devi shrine in Jammu, is fascinating hundreds of curious local residents and religious
minded here for its one glimpse at the Heemkanal in Rajouri District's Budhal
Tehsil. The cave has three openings. The orientation of the first cave is headed
towards Vaishno Devi temple at Katra. The second one is in the direction of Amarnath
in Pahalgam located in Kashmir valley and the third leads to Buddha Amarnath in
Poonch. It is not yet confirmed who exactly first spotted the cave. Some people
say that the cattle grazers about a fortnight ago found it while others aver that
employees of State Election Commission spotted the cave , which is now being looked
upon as a holy place. "We came here to click photographs for elections...I came
with two of my friends...When I came to know that there is some old cave here,
I came to see it with my friends. We saw that this place is blessed with Lord
Shiva's grace and due to this, the water flows on all the Shivalingas equally
from the cow's udders shaped stones," said Satvinder Verma, an official of the
Election Commission who claims to have discovered the mysterious cave. Local
residents always believed the presence of such cave but couldn't find it due to
dense forest. "According to the ancestors of the villagers, the place name was
'Devkinad'. They told the villagers about the cave many a times. But the dense
forest near the cave always prevented them to go there and look for the place.
A Brahmin family, whose house is near to this cave organised a Puja here but couldn't
tell anything further. Today that divine power has appeared itself and drawn all
the people," said Mohammed Azhar, a villager of Budhal Tehsil. Devotees, converging
at the spot, said that they felt overwhelmed by the view inside the cave. "We
have Shivalinga in Shivakhodi and Shivalinga is also formed in Amarnath in Srinagar
but here we have the entire Shiva family. There, we have an idol of Lord Ganesha
and Lord Shiva. There are five Shivalingas and the water is falling on every Shivalinga
from cow's udders," said Gautam, a devotee. Meanwhile, apprehending rush of devotees
and other tourists, security personnel have been deployed at the cave to avoid
any untoward incident. "As we got instructions from Special Superintendent of
Police, we took over the area and deployed our police personnel since public security
and safety are a must," said Rajesh Verma, a senior officer, Budhal.
- Oct 25, 2008
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