Faithful Gather At Temple During Kheer Bhawani Festival In Kashmir

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - MAY 26: A Kashmiri Pandit (Hindu) devotee prostates during the annual Hindu festival of the Kheer Bhawani in it's namesake temple on May 26, 2015 in Tullmull 25 Km east of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian. Kashmiri Muslims pray as a head priest displays the holy relic believed to be the whisker from the beard of the Prophet Mohammed on the Friday following Mehraj-u-Alam, which marks ascension day, the journey from Heaven to Earth of the Prophet Mohammed, at the Hazratbal Shrine on May 26, 2015 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. Thousands of devotees line up in the Spring with plates of sugar and milk and other sweets to pay homage to the Goddess Kheer Bhawani. Some 200,000 Kashmiri Pandits fled the region in the early nineties at the start of an insurgency against Indian rule mainly to the Hindu-dominated southern city of Jammu. Many have returned since under various rehabilitation packages launched by the government. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/ Getty Images)