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Priyanka Gandhi visits Kashmir to pray at shrine

Srinagar: Congress President Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi made an unscheduled visit to the Kashmir valley Thursday to pray at a famous shrine and returned to New Delhi the same evening.Priyanka drove straight to the

IANS IANS Updated on: May 30, 2014 11:43 IST
Priyanka prayed at the Mata Khirbhawani Shrine for nearly an hour before returning to Srinagar city.

Khirbhawani Shrine is the holiest shrine of the Kashmiri Pandit community. Priyanka's grandmother Indira Gandhi and great grandfather Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, both belonged to this community.

Keeping alive the family tradition, Priyanka also visited the Swami Lakhsmanjoo Ashram in Nishat area of Srinagar.

Her grandmother was a devout follower of late Swami Lakhsmanjoo who was a renowned exponent of Shaivite Hinduism which Priyanka personally is known to adhere to keep alive her Kashmiri Pandit ancestry.

After praying at the two holy places, Priyanka Gandhi flew back to New Delhi.
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