a kashmiri pandit woman smiles during an annual hindu festival at a shrine in khirbhawani 30 km 19 miles east of srinagar june 15 2005 thousands of displaced kashmiri hindus known as pandits in kashmir gathered at a holy shrine in the restive indian state of jammu and kashmir on wednesday to pray for peace and early return home more than 200000 hindus fled their homes when an armed rebellion broke out in the himalayan region nearly 16 years ago they now live in camps in jammu as well as other parts of india but many still return for the annual festival reutersfayaz kabli fkyh 2d3x0g5.jpg from khÃÂàn xxxww kashmiri gir View Photo