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Sharada Temple Corridor
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- Pakistan has approved a proposal to establish a corridor that will allow Hindu pilgrims from India to visit Sharada Peeth, an ancient Hindu temple.
- Sharada Peeth was established in 237 BC during the reign of Ashoka.
- This temple was an ancient centre of learning dedicated to the Hindu goddess of learning.
- Between the 6th and 12th centuries, Sharada Peeth was one of the foremost temple universities of the Indian subcontinent.
- It is also one of the three famous holy sites for Kashmiri Pandits, the other two being the Martand Sun Temple in Anantnag and the Amarnath temple.
- The Sharada Peeth corridor in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), when opened, will be the second religious tract after the Kartarpur corridor that will connect the two neighbouring nations.
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