Wails in Exile: Chandpora Harwan Srinagar Kashmir as on 23-11-2015Deserted Mata Bhuvane Shori Temple at Chandpora Harwan

Mata Bhuvane Shori Temple at Chandpora Harwan

Deserted house of Kashmiri Pundit since January 1990

Prior to 1990 exodus of Kashmiri Pundits from Kashmir, Chandpore Harwan was thickly inhabited by Kashmiri Pundits. Many of my seniors and juniors and many classmates from this pocket earned name and fame for this belt by din't of their academic excellence. Kumar Ji Bhat who served all along at NASA is a Gold Medalist who graduated through Amar Singh College Srinagar. Next to him, his younger brother Dr. Pridman Krishan Bhat also graduated through Amar Singh College and bagged Gold Medal at both Degree level and Post Graduate level in Mathematics through J&K University. He resigned from the State services and did Phd. at IIS Banglore. The late Dr. Chaman Lal Bhat Ex. Director BARC who earned Gold Medal at Degree and Post Graduate level in

Deserted house of Kashmiri Pundit since January1990

Physics; Phd. from London in record time too got name and fame to the area. Retired Divisional Commissioner S L Bhat IAS who also served as Chairman J&K Public Service Commission lives beside the Mata's Temple. This is the area where students worked to compete with one another to break the previous record. Prediman Krishan Bhat still impatiently keeps a watch on the University results to ensure that none breaks his record.