All Party Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) and the Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee(GPC) had appealed to members of the Sikh community to strictly follow SOP during the festivity.
On this day the Mughal gardens, on the bank of famed Dal Lake in the Srinagar, are declared open for public after winter months. However, this year due to opening of Asia’s largest Tulip garden on March 25, it advanced tourist season a month earlier and guests were visiting Mughal gardens also.
Members of the Sikh community, including women and children, visited Gurdwaras for special prayers on the occasion since early this morning.
However, the main congregation was held at Gurdwara Chatipadshahi on the foothill of Kohi-e-Maran, where the shrine of Hazrat Mehboob-ul-Aalam and a temple are located in the down town. People from different parts of the Srinagar participated in the prayers at the Gurdwara, where management had organized langars for the devotees.
Similar prayers were organised at Gurdwaras in Srinagar, Baramulla, Tral, Anantnag and other parts of the valley.
