Kheer Bhawani, Hindu temple in Tulmulla, Ganderbal district, India

Kheer Bhawani is a Hindu temple in Ganderbal district of the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The place of worship rises above a natural spring that is edged by flat stone slabs and surrounded by old chinar trees.

Kalhana's Rajtarangini records the sacred spring of Tula Mula in marshy ground, and the Bhrigu Samhita and Abu'l-Fazl's Ain-i-Akbari also mention the site. Maharaja Ranbir Singh built the first dharmashala here, while the present spring, temple pond and temple were built under Maharaja Pratap Singh in the 1910s; Maharaja Hari Singh later renovated the temple.

The festival, called Kheer Bhawani mela, falls on Jyeshtha Ashtami in early summer, not spring. Kashmiri Hindus honour the goddess as their kuladevi, or protective patron deity, and offer kheer, a milk-and-rice pudding that gives the shrine its name. The mela is one of the region's largest Hindu gatherings after the Amarnath pilgrimage.

Kheer Bhawani lies 25 kilometres north-east of Srinagar in Tulmulla village, Ganderbal district, reached by road from the city. The annual mela falls on Jyeshtha Ashtami, so expect the largest crowds then and allow extra time. A CRPF contingent is posted at the complex, and pilgrims sit or sleep on grass mats beneath the old chinar trees.

The spring water changes its color naturally, which locals interpret as a sign of coming events in the region. Some report that the water can shift from clear to milky or even dark.