Cooler May means a taller Amarnath Shivlingam
Unlike the past two years when hot conditions led to early melting of the Shivlingam at the Sri Amarnath cave shrine, its size is growing owing to the unusually cool summer this time round.
A spokesman for the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), who visited the shrine along with Kashmir Governor S.K. Sinha on Thursday, said the Shiv1ingam has been showing signs of growth for the past few days. The ice lingams of Ma Parvati and Ganesh have also formed fully.
Temperatures at 13,500 feet above sea level, where the shrine is located, are sub-zero in the night these days. This has kept the size growing, said Nazir Ahmad, a guard at the shrine. "At least the lingam's size and girth has not decreased since March 25 when we took the first pictures."
The factors that have contributed to the phenomenon range from cool weather, to grilled protection, to keeping security forces deployed on the cave periphery at bay.
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A spokesman for the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), who visited the shrine along with Kashmir Governor S.K. Sinha on Thursday, said the Shiv1ingam has been showing signs of growth for the past few days. The ice lingams of Ma Parvati and Ganesh have also formed fully.
Temperatures at 13,500 feet above sea level, where the shrine is located, are sub-zero in the night these days. This has kept the size growing, said Nazir Ahmad, a guard at the shrine. "At least the lingam's size and girth has not decreased since March 25 when we took the first pictures."
The factors that have contributed to the phenomenon range from cool weather, to grilled protection, to keeping security forces deployed on the cave periphery at bay.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
Labels: Amarnath Shivlingam, cool weather, ice lingams, Jammu and kashmir, Kashmir Governor, SASB, security forces, srinagar
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