evidence: Bengaluru: The Save Sharda Committee (SSC) in Bengaluru Friday sought the help of the Indian government to remove the ‘encroachment by the Pakistan Army’ on the Sharda temple premises in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK), in order to pave the way for its restoration. [...] He also called for Sharda Peeth to be declared a UNESCO heritage site. The SSC founder told reporters that a website has been launched with the aim of providing complete information and a travel guide for pilgrims and tourists on the newly reconstructed Sharda temple at Teetwal and a Sikh gurudwara that stood at the same place before 1947 but was burnt down in tribal raids. The construction of the new Sharda Yatra Temple at Teetwal in Kashmir, which was virtually inaugurated March 22 by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, was supported by the Dakshinamnaya Sringeri Mutt in Karnataka.