A procession of sadhus carried the traditional ‘Chhari Mubarak’ (Lord Shiva’s mace) on Wednesday to the Amarnath cave shrine.
Dashnami Akhara temple Amid chanting of vedic hymns, a procession of devotees, including Swami Dipinder Giri its custodian, the Chhari Mubarak was taken out of the Dashnami Akhara temple in Srinagar for its onward journey to the Himalayan cave shrine of Amarnath.
The Chhari Mubarak will reach the holy cave on August 10 coinciding with Raksha Bandhan.
Final puja “The final puja will be in the cave after the arrival of the Chhari Mubarak with which the Yatra will come to a close on August 10,” Giri told reporters here.
The Himalayan cave shrine situated in the south Kashmir’s Anantnag district of the Valley houses an ice stalagmite structure called the Shiv Lingam, which wanes and waxes with the phases of the moon.
Devotees believe the structure symbolises the mythical powers of the Hindu god.
So far, over 360,000 pilgrims have had darshan in the Amarnath Cave shrine. IANS
