Importance Of Amaranth Yatra Essay

Amaranth yatra is one of the most famous Hindu pilgrimages of the world which gathers lakhs of people together every year. However, it was always prone to controversies and threats. Many people travel long distances to take part in this breath taking and tiring pilgrimage by some times even risking their lives. This yatra leads finally to a shrine which is in a cave in the Himalayas near the city of Pahalgam. Amarnath shrine is Hindu shrine located in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. This shrine is dedicated to lord Shiva who is here referred to as Shri Amarnathji or Shri Barfaani Babaji. The shrine is opened for only fourty five days opening on Shravana Ekadasi and ends on the festival day of Raksha Bandhan. The most important and popular …show more content…
During the Kargil war, in 1999, the Press Information Bureau put out a press release stating "(the) yearning for moksha (salvation) can move the devotees to the challenging heights of Kashmir and will be a fitting gesture of solidarity with our valiant soldiers who have been fighting the enemy to defend our borders".
The state also with the help of the yatra is trying to induce the feeling of ‘belonging to India’ in the people of the Jammu and Kashmir. Some say that the state by advocating this yatra is actually trying to take over the control of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and especially Kashmir valley where a lot of separatist propagandas are going on. The state is also trying to show to the people of the state of Jammu and Kashmir that the state will always be with them by promoting the yatra in a way that the locals’ i.e., Kashmiris are given employment. As we all know, many people in Kashmir work and earn only for two to three months a year as the rest of the year the climatic condition will not be favourable and almost all the cities will be shut for this long span; providing employment to the unemployed in Kashmir will build confidence in the people of