{"id":101962,"date":"2021-08-31T12:35:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T07:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=101962"},"modified":"2021-08-31T13:16:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T07:46:45","slug":"no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/","title":{"rendered":"No, this wasn&#8217;t the first time Janmashtami was celebrated in Kashmir in 32 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of Janmashtami this year, several social media users tweeted visuals of celebrations at Srinagar&#8217;s Lal Chowk in Kashmir. Gujarat in charge of Hindu Yuva Vahini <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YogiDevnath2\/status\/1432381331556601857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yogi Devnath<\/a> tweeted that this happened after 32 years and thanked PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. His tweet gained over 4,000 likes,<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">32 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0915\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0917\u0908 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0915\u0943\u0937\u094d\u0923 \u091c\u0928\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u092e\u0940 \u0936\u094b\u092d\u093e\u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0964 \u2018\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u0943\u0937\u094d\u0923 \u0917\u094b\u0935\u093f\u0902\u0926 \u0939\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0930\u093e\u0930\u0940\u2019 \u0915\u0940 \u0927\u0941\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u0917\u0942\u0902\u091c \u0909\u0920\u093e \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0928\u0917\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0932\u093e\u0932\u091a\u094c\u0915&#8230; \u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0926 \u0906\u0926\u0930\u0923\u0940\u092f \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> \u091c\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmitShah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmitShah<\/a> \u091c\u0940<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yogi Devnath (@YogiDevnath2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YogiDevnath2\/status\/1432381331556601857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sudarshan News editor-in-chief <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210831054554\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/SureshChavhanke\/status\/1432339410117226503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suresh Chavhanke<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/hovPu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpIndia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210831052918\/https:\/\/zeenews.india.com\/india\/janmashtami-procession-taken-out-in-srinagar-after-32-years-kashmiri-pandits-rejoiced-as-jhanki-yatra-crossed-lal-chowk-2389941.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zee News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/CpZj5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News18<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/S6zvb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nai Dunia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/R3Uuu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VTV Gujarati<\/a> and RSS mouthpiece <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/157113224378323\/posts\/4274907215932216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Organiser<\/a> made the same claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-101962 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/screenshot-2021-08-31-at-11-14-48\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1188\" height=\"1390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-11.14.48.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-11.14.48.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-11.14.48-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-11.14.48-875x1024.jpg 875w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-11.14.48-768x899.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1188px) 100vw, 1188px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/screenshot-2021-08-31-at-11-01-38\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-11.01.38.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-11.01.38.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-11.01.38-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-11.01.38-970x1024.jpg 970w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-11.01.38-768x811.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/2021-08-30-18_31_55-settings\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-18_31_55-Settings.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-18_31_55-Settings.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-18_31_55-Settings-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-18_31_55-Settings-768x731.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/9e40e572-6af9-4596-b8d5-5bc7c2f60add\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1129\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/9e40e572-6af9-4596-b8d5-5bc7c2f60add.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/9e40e572-6af9-4596-b8d5-5bc7c2f60add.jpg 1129w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/9e40e572-6af9-4596-b8d5-5bc7c2f60add-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/9e40e572-6af9-4596-b8d5-5bc7c2f60add-1024x774.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/9e40e572-6af9-4596-b8d5-5bc7c2f60add-768x580.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1129px) 100vw, 1129px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/c1c42635-9f7c-4711-9f39-18c188564a14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/c1c42635-9f7c-4711-9f39-18c188564a14.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/c1c42635-9f7c-4711-9f39-18c188564a14.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/c1c42635-9f7c-4711-9f39-18c188564a14-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/c1c42635-9f7c-4711-9f39-18c188564a14-1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/c1c42635-9f7c-4711-9f39-18c188564a14-768x568.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>News18&#8217;s Ahmedabad bureau chief <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/x450A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Janak Dave<\/a> and Dainik Bhaskar journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/cCpD0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Himanshu Mishra<\/a> amplified the claim.<\/p>\n<p>Shaurya Doval, son of Ajit Kumar Doval KC, current National Security Advisor, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210830120648\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/shaurya_doval\/status\/1432287505060007938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> the video shared by others and wrote this has only been possible under the able leadership of PM Modi. Author of the book &#8216;The Tattoo on My Breast&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/6fV53\">Ravi Rai<\/a> quote-tweeted Doval thus amplifying the claim.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And today, people of the Hindu community are able to conduct their religious proceedings at the same location. It has only been possible under the able leadership of PM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> Ji.<\/p>\n<p>\u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092c\u0926\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0906\u0917\u0947 \u092c\u0922\u093c \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u091c\u092f \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926, \u091c\u092f \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0964 2\/2<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shaurya Doval (@shaurya_doval) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shaurya_doval\/status\/1432291407251734529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>BJP MLA <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/AUlYj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indu Tiwari<\/a>, Member Advisory Committee at Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Ministry of External Affairs <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210830120931\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/varunpuri1984\/status\/1432292908669943813\">Varun Puri<\/a>, former social media manager Minister of Commerce and Industry <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210830122825\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abhishek_Mshra\/status\/640573304080760832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abhishek Mishra<\/a> and pro-government Facebook page &#8216;I Support Arnab Goswami&#8217; posted along the same lines: either thanking PM Modi or implying that 2021 celebrations mark a cultural shift.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-101962 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/2021-08-30-18_44_42-2-i-support-arnab-goswami-posts-_-facebook-mozilla-firefox\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-18_44_42-2-I-Support-Arnab-Goswami-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-18_44_42-2-I-Support-Arnab-Goswami-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-18_44_42-2-I-Support-Arnab-Goswami-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-18_44_42-2-I-Support-Arnab-Goswami-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x634.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/2021-08-30-17_58_18-varun-puri-on-twitter_-_glimpses-of-janmashtami-celebrations-from-kashmir-its\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-17_58_18-Varun-Puri-on-Twitter_-_Glimpses-of-Janmashtami-celebrations-from-Kashmir.-Its-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-17_58_18-Varun-Puri-on-Twitter_-_Glimpses-of-Janmashtami-celebrations-from-Kashmir.-Its-.jpg 587w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-17_58_18-Varun-Puri-on-Twitter_-_Glimpses-of-Janmashtami-celebrations-from-Kashmir.-Its--241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/2021-08-30-18_00_03-1-abhishek-mishra-on-twitter_-_%e0%a4%85%e0%a4%ac-%e0%a4%98%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%9f%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%ad%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%b9\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"785\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-18_00_03-1-Abhishek-Mishra-on-Twitter_-_\u0905\u092c-\u0918\u093e\u091f\u0940-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092d\u0940-\u092e\u0928\u0947-\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942-\u0924\u094d\u092f\u094c\u0939\u093e\u0930-\u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902\u0915\u093f-\u0905\u092c-\u092d\u093e.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-18_00_03-1-Abhishek-Mishra-on-Twitter_-_\u0905\u092c-\u0918\u093e\u091f\u0940-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092d\u0940-\u092e\u0928\u0947-\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942-\u0924\u094d\u092f\u094c\u0939\u093e\u0930-\u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902\u0915\u093f-\u0905\u092c-\u092d\u093e.jpg 785w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-18_00_03-1-Abhishek-Mishra-on-Twitter_-_\u0905\u092c-\u0918\u093e\u091f\u0940-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092d\u0940-\u092e\u0928\u0947-\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942-\u0924\u094d\u092f\u094c\u0939\u093e\u0930-\u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902\u0915\u093f-\u0905\u092c-\u092d\u093e-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-30-18_00_03-1-Abhishek-Mishra-on-Twitter_-_\u0905\u092c-\u0918\u093e\u091f\u0940-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092d\u0940-\u092e\u0928\u0947-\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942-\u0924\u094d\u092f\u094c\u0939\u093e\u0930-\u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902\u0915\u093f-\u0905\u092c-\u092d\u093e-768x793.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>FACT-CHECK<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A similar claim was widespread last year in March when several BJP office-bearers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/was-srinagars-shankaracharya-temple-lit-up-for-maha-shivratri-celebrations-after-decades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">falsely suggested<\/a> that Srinagar&#8217;s Shankaracharya Temple was lit after decades for Maha Shivratri celebrations. Similar to this, the claim that the 2021 Janmashtami celebration in Srinagar took place for the first time in 32 years is false.<\/p>\n<p>We found images of the celebrations dating back to at least 2004 on stock images websites like Getty Images (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/detail\/news-photo\/kashmiri-pandith-girl-posing-as-hindu-god-lord-krishna-news-photo\/51268390?adppopup=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2004<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/detail\/news-photo\/kashmiri-hindu-devotees-dance-during-janmashtami-the-birth-news-photo\/178184228?adppopup=true\">2013<\/a>), Reuters (<a href=\"https:\/\/pictures.reuters.com\/archive\/KASHMIR-RP6DRMZZRGAC.html\">2005<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pictures.reuters.com\/archive\/KASHMIR-GF1DTHBQMYAA.html\">2006<\/a>) and Alamy (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo-a-kashmiri-pandit-sings-religious-songs-as-he-dances-during-a-shoba-41014213.html?pv=1&amp;stamp=2&amp;imageid=86A54861-A344-47FD-9336-2E4672B33A84&amp;p=152373&amp;n=20&amp;orientation=0&amp;pn=1&amp;searchtype=0&amp;IsFromSearch=1&amp;srch=foo%3Dbar%26st%3D0%26sortby%3D1%26qt%3DSrinagar%2520Janmashtami%26qt_raw%3DSrinagar%2520Janmashtami%26qn%3D%26lic%3D3%26edrf%3D0%26mr%3D0%26pr%3D0%26aoa%3D1%26creative%3D%26videos%3D%26nu%3D%26ccc%3D%26bespoke%3D%26apalib%3D%26ag%3D0%26hc%3D0%26et%3D0x000000000000000000000%26vp%3D0%26loc%3D0%26ot%3D0%26imgt%3D0%26dtfr%3D%26dtto%3D20140301%26size%3D0xFF%26blackwhite%3D%26cutout%3D%26archive%3D1%26name%3D%26groupid%3D%26pseudoid%3D%26userid%3D%26id%3D%26a%3D%26xstx%3D0%26cbstore%3D1%26resultview%3DsortbyNewest%26lightbox%3D%26gname%3D%26gtype%3D%26apalic%3D%26tbar%3D1%26pc%3D%26simid%3D%26cap%3D1%26customgeoip%3D%26vd%3D0%26cid%3D%26pe%3D%26so%3D%26lb%3D%26pl%3D0%26plno%3D%26fi%3D0%26langcode%3Den%26upl%3D0%26cufr%3D%26cuto%3D%26howler%3D%26cvrem%3D0%26cvtype%3D0%26cvloc%3D0%26cl%3D0%26upfr%3D%26upto%3D%26primcat%3D%26seccat%3D%26cvcategory%3D*%26restriction%3D%26random%3D%26ispremium%3D1%26flip%3D0%26contributorqt%3D%26plgalleryno%3D%26plpublic%3D0%26viewaspublic%3D0%26isplcurate%3D0%26imageurl%3D%26saveQry%3D%26editorial%3D1%26t%3D0%26filters%3D1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2007<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo-aug-9-2012-children-dressed-as-the-hindu-lord-krishna-r-and-his-consort-47088076.html?pv=1&amp;stamp=2&amp;imageid=C1580481-BEAC-4733-9199-595FC28CABF5&amp;p=151045&amp;n=0&amp;orientation=0&amp;pn=1&amp;searchtype=0&amp;IsFromSearch=1&amp;srch=foo%3dbar%26st%3d0%26pn%3d1%26ps%3d100%26sortby%3d2%26resultview%3dsortbyPopular%26npgs%3d0%26qt%3dSrinagar%2520Janmashtami%26qt_raw%3dSrinagar%2520Janmashtami%26lic%3d3%26mr%3d0%26pr%3d0%26ot%3d0%26creative%3d%26ag%3d0%26hc%3d0%26pc%3d%26blackwhite%3d%26cutout%3d%26tbar%3d1%26et%3d0x000000000000000000000%26vp%3d0%26loc%3d0%26imgt%3d0%26dtfr%3d%26dtto%3d20140301%26size%3d0xFF%26archive%3d1%26groupid%3d%26pseudoid%3d%26a%3d%26cdid%3d%26cdsrt%3d%26name%3d%26qn%3d%26apalib%3d%26apalic%3d%26lightbox%3d%26gname%3d%26gtype%3d%26xstx%3d0%26simid%3d%26saveQry%3d%26editorial%3d1%26nu%3d%26t%3d%26edoptin%3d%26customgeoip%3d%26cap%3d1%26cbstore%3d1%26vd%3d0%26lb%3d%26fi%3d2%26edrf%3d0%26ispremium%3d1%26flip%3d0%26pl%3d\">2012<\/a>). The complete search result on each of the sites can be viewed here &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/photos\/kashmir-janmashtami?family=editorial&amp;phrase=Kashmir%20Janmashtami&amp;sort=oldest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getty Images<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pictures.reuters.com\/CS.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C0BXZSFNE7FKZ&amp;SMLS=1&amp;RW=1920&amp;RH=947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/search.html?qt=Srinagar%20Janmashtami&amp;imgt=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alamy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-101962 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/gettyimages-51268390-2048x2048\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/gettyimages-51268390-2048x2048-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-102014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/gettyimages-51268390-2048x2048-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/gettyimages-51268390-2048x2048-1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/gettyimages-51268390-2048x2048-1-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/gettyimages-51268390-2048x2048-1-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/gettyimages-51268390-2048x2048-1-1536x1118.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-102014'>\n\t\t\t\t2004\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/a-kashmiri-hindu-girl-dressed-as-hindu-deity-lord-krishna-takes-part-in-religious-procession-in-srinagar\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/RTRLLY2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-102004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/RTRLLY2.jpg 551w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/RTRLLY2-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-102004'>\n\t\t\t\t2005\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/indian-policemen-pray-inside-a-temple-on-the-occasion-of-lord-krishnas-birthday-in-srinagar\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/RTR1GF0E.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-102005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/RTR1GF0E.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/RTR1GF0E-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-102005'>\n\t\t\t\t2006\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/janmashtami-festival-in-kashmir\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/CAMA19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-101984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/CAMA19.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/CAMA19-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/CAMA19-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/CAMA19-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-101984'>\n\t\t\t\t2007\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/cmh190\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/CMH190.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-101993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/CMH190.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/CMH190-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/CMH190-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/CMH190-768x570.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-101993'>\n\t\t\t\t2012\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-wasnt-the-first-time-janmashtami-was-celebrated-in-kashmir-in-32-years\/gettyimages-178184228-2048x2048\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/gettyimages-178184228-2048x2048-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-102015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/gettyimages-178184228-2048x2048-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/gettyimages-178184228-2048x2048-1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/gettyimages-178184228-2048x2048-1-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/gettyimages-178184228-2048x2048-1-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/gettyimages-178184228-2048x2048-1-1536x1050.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-102015'>\n\t\t\t\t2013\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>There are also several reports of the celebrations held in 2018. A local told Greater Kashmir that Janmashtami has been taking place at Lal Chowk since 2004. However, in 2007, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india\/janmashtami-procession-in-kashmir\/story-UVbgxzZvSn8BxGPNIcNP2H.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hindustan Times<\/a> had reported, &#8220;For the first time since militancy broke out in Kashmir in 1989, a Janmashtami procession organised by Pandits passed through the famous Lal Chowk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kashmiri Pandits celebrate Janmashtami in Srinagar\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x5w6VqW-w5Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Alt News spoke with Srinagar-based Sanjay Tickoo, president of the Kashmiri Pandit Sangarash Samiti (KPSS). He said, &#8220;I remember that the Janmashtami festivities took place each year until 1988. That year Janki of Lord Krishna was taken out in Srinagar and other districts of Kashmir Valley. However, the next year, it had to be stopped due to the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley. A few years later in 1992, a small procession was taken out by non-migrants from Karan Nagar to Kak Sari in Srinagar. To the best of my knowledge, the festival has been celebrated each year since 2003 except in 2008 (Amarnath land row), 2010 (murder of Tuffail Mattoo), 2014 (floods), 2016 (death of Burhan Wani) and 2019 to 2020 (abrogation of Article 370 and COVID-19).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tickoo also connected us with Sandeep Koul, a member of the ISKON group. The group has been organising Janmashtami celebrations since 2007. Koul told Alt News, &#8220;Our group organised the 2021 celebrations at Lal Chowk. The social media claim that Janmashtami is being celebrated in Kashmir after 32 years is totally false.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi was, therefore, thanked for the Janmashtami celebrations organised in Kashmir even as the festival has been observed in the Valley for decades. Sudarshan News and RSS mouthpiece Organiser falsely claimed that such celebrations happened after 32 years in Kashmir which is not true.<\/p>\n<div class=\"notranslate\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of Janmashtami this year, several social media users tweeted visuals of celebrations at Srinagar&#8217;s Lal Chowk in Kashmir. Gujarat in charge of Hindu Yuva Vahini Yogi Devnath tweeted that this happened after 32 years and thanked PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. His tweet gained over 4,000 likes, 32 \u0938\u093e\u0932 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":102076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-101962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No, this wasn&#039;t the first time Janmashtami was celebrated in Kashmir in 32 years - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No, this wasn&#039;t the first time Janmashtami was celebrated in Kashmir in 32 years - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On the occasion of Janmashtami this year, several social media users tweeted visuals of celebrations at Srinagar&#8217;s Lal Chowk in Kashmir. 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