By Sameer Mohindru
- Farooq Khan/European Pressphoto Agency
- Every year, hundreds of thousands go on pilgrimage to Amarnath cave, one of the world's most ancient pilgrimage sites.
The government in India may be facing the heat over widespread allegations of corruption, but it can heave a small sigh of relief at least on one front: the annual Hindu pilgrimage to Amarnath, in India's state of Jammu and Kashmir.
In a region inhabited predominantly by Muslims, right-wing Hindu activists had threatened to start their annual pilgrimage to Amarnath on Tuesday, two weeks ahead of the official schedule, in a move that risked provoking further unrest in the already troubled Kashmir region.
But after negotiations with local government officials late Monday, they agreed to give up their mission.
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"Talks progressed very well and we were able to resolve the issue to everybody’s satisfaction,” R.K. Goyal, the head of the government-run shrine board, the body in charge of administering the pilgrimage, told India Real Time Tuesday.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Hindus go on pilgrimage to Amarnath cave, one of the world's most ancient pilgrimage sit [...]
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