Srinagar: A local temple reverberated with 'bhajans' after 14 years, when more than 200 Kashmiri displaced Hindus reached their prayers, in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The natives of Sumbal-Sonawari, who migrated from the Valley in 1990 in the wake of militancy, arrived at the Shri Nand Kishore Maharaj temple on August 3 and performed 'pujas' for nearly six hours, official sources said.

Many migrants, who included women and children, could not control their sentiments and burst into tears on seeing their damaged homes and property in the area.

However, majority among the 200 people were visiting their ancestral homes for the first time as they were born after their parents migrated from Kashmir.

Local Muslims accorded warm welcome to their Hindu neighbours on reaching Sumbal and took to them to their homes and offered food and tea, the sources said.

Later the Hindus returned to Jammu, the sources added.

PTI