Kashmir Offers Special Prayers For End Of Relentless Rains

Srinagar: People from different walks of life on Sunday marched towards a popular Shrine in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district and offered special prayers for the improvement of weather conditions.

As continuous rains, rainstorms and flash floods create havoc, a large number of men, women and children marched towards Charar-i-Sharief Shrine to offer prayers.

Keeping their age-old traditional



practice alive, Band-e-pather was performed at several places en route Charar-i-Sharief Shrine, where different plays were performed which they believe is a part of their traditional prayers.

“Whenever there are any problems faced by the people of Kashmir, we come to this shrine to perform Band-e-pather and special prayers and seek the mercy of Almighty,” says Fayaz Ahmad who hails from the Chadoora area of Budgam district.