Few devotees offered prayers at Mata Kheer Bhaw temple in Ganderbal on "Annual Kheer Bhaw Mela and Yatra" on Saturday.
Speaking to , Leeladhar Kaul, a priest said, "We had told people to follow the government's instructions. Over 80,000 people used to come here for mela but only a few turned up this year. 2020's mela has been canceled due to COVID-19."
Devotees here performed puja at the temple in the Jpur area of Jammu. Every year, thousands of devotees from the Kashmiri Pandit community used to gather and pray on Zeasht Ashtami here.
While speaking to , Paras Sharma a devotee said, "Mela used to orgzed on a large scale here every year but all the temples are closed here amid the COVID-19 crisis."
( With inputs from ANI )