evidence: After the inauguration of the Kartarpur Corridor to allow visa-free movement of Indian Sikh pilgrims, the chorus is now growing for the opening of the Sharada Peeth, a shrine for the Kashmiri Pandits in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Sharada Peeth, an abandoned temple close to the Line of control (LoC), sits in PoK’s Sharda village in the Neelum Valley (at a distance of around 140 km from Muzaffarabad and 30 km from Kupwara) and has been out of bounds for Indian pilgrims since Partition. [...] ALSO READ | Sethi for starting pilgrimage to Sharda Peeth temple in PoK The story behind the foundation of the Sharada Peeth goes back to the time when the Kashmiri Pandits transformed their land of scenic beauty into an intellectual centre, known as Sharada Peeth or Sarvajnanpeetha. Goddess Sharada was also referred to as Kashmira-Puravasani. The temple has been completely deserted since Partition in 1947. Travel restrictions on Indians also discouraged the devotees from visiting the shrine.