Sculptures Pulled from Sacred Spring in Kashmir Valley - Archaeology Magazine

Sculptures Pulled from Sacred Spring in Kashmir Valley - Archaeology Magazine

AISHMUQUAM, JAMMU AND KASHMIR—Renovations to the Karkoot Nag spring in Aishmuquam revealed a series of ancient stone relics likely belonging to a forgotten shrine that highlights the Kashmir Valley’s deep religious and cultural history, Greater Kashmir reports. A team of municipal workers pulled about 21 Hindu idols and intricately carved fragments of relief sculpture from the sacred pond, including 11 Shivlings, or stone pillars that symbolical…