evidence: When a teary-eyed Mehbooba Mufti offered milk to Goddess Ragnya Devi at Kheer Bhawani, 27 kilometres from here on Sunday, she became first head of Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir in a long time to perform puja at Tulmul’s famous Hindu temple. The chief minister, later, raised her hands in prayer for peace and prosperity in the state, a gesture that touched the hearts of thousands of Kashmiri Pandits gathered for the ceremony, who seek separate colonies to be able to return to the militancy-affected homeland. "She is head of the state; and our religious texts say that if a king or queen offers puja, it’s good omen," said Sanjay Tickoo of Kashmiri Sangarsh Samiti, an association of Pandits who stayed back in the valley. The CM’s visit did evoke protest, as pilgrims complained about the lack of facilities at the shrine. "What is she doing? We have never seen so much ill management. There are no mobile toilets and no electricity in the ones we have. We were not even given blankets," said Maharaj Krishan, a Pandit from Jammu.