Yatris reached their specific Kheer Bhawani temples to celebrate the Jyeshta Ashtami Mela. The Kheer Bhawani Mela is organised across five shrines in Jammu and Kashmir. Devotees of Mata Kheer Bhawani said that very good arrangements were made by the DC, SSP, DIG and IG. Devotees were most thankful to the Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha under whom the administration made the arrangements. We had different governments in the past like Farooq Abdullah’s, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti’s, but their governments did nothing to uplift the temples. There is a lot of hustle and bustle for the Mela. People are coming from far away to participate in the Kheer Bhawani Mela. We are enjoying it so much, said the devotees. We celebrate Mata’s birthday every year. Everyone comes and worships the mother. There is peace in Kashmir right now. Before the Mela, The Lieutenant Governor had come to offer his prayers and oversee the arrangements for the yatris and the Mela, said a priest at the temple.