<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, around 18,000 Kashmiri Pandits and devotees visited the famous Mata Kheer Bhawani Temple at Tulmulla in Ganderbal district on the auspicious occasion of Jyeshtha Ashtami yesterday.<br />'' <br />'' Around 2,500 Kashmiri Pandit devotees participated in the evening aarti.<br />'' <br />'' Prime Minister Narendra Modi,  Union Home Minister Amit Shah and J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha have extended greetings to the Kashmiri Pandit community on the auspicious occasion of Jyeshta Ashtami.<br />''<br />''The Jyeastha Ashtami could not be held in 2020 and 2021 because of the unprecedented covid-19 situation in the country.</span>