An Indian soldier holds a rifle as Kashmiri Hindus wait in line to pray on the occasion of Hindu ...
An Indian soldier holds a rifle as Kashmiri Hindus wait in line to pray on the occasion of Hindu festival Maha Shivratri in Srinagar. An Indian soldier holds a rifle as Kashmiri Hindus queue to pray on the occasion of Hindu festival Maha Shivratri in Srinagar March 8, 2005. In the troubled Kashmir region several Hindu devotees of Lord Shiva held special prayers in temples to celebrate Maha Shivratri or the birthday of Lord Shiva. REUTERS/Danish Ismail