A stampede triggered by a heavy rush of devotees at the famous Mata Vaishno Devi shrine on Saturday killed 12 pilgrims and injured several others in Jammu and Kashmir's Katra. The yatra, which was briefly halted following the stampede was resumed later.
Devotees usually trek to the hilltop shrine from the Katra base camp, a distance of nearly 13 km, while some reach there by helicopters. The stampede at the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Katra was reported in the wee hours of Saturday following a heavy rush of devotees on the first day of the new year.
Shilpa Shetty Kundra shared a series of videos from her small trip to Vaishno Devi. Her pilgrimage visit comes at the same time when Mumbai Police's crime branch filed a supplementary charge sheet against husband Raj Kundra in the pornography case.
Several fire fighting teams are at the spot to control the blaze. No report of any casualty has been received so far.
Vaishno Devi temple received 1,800 kgs of gold and over 4,700 kgs of silver from devotees in the last 20 years.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday said all educational institutions will reopen in the Union Territory from February 1 and 25,000 pilgrims will be allowed at the famous Mata Vaishno Devi shrine per day.
The cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi in Jammu and Kashmir's Katra on Sunday received the season's first snowfall, much to the cheer of tourists thronging the region.
Security near and around Vaishno Devi Shrine in Katra has been increased after an encounter between security forces and terrorists broke out on Jammu's Nagrota on Thursday.
In a fresh standard operating procedure (SOP), the administration said, "As such, in exercise of powers conferred under the disaster management act, the State Executive Committee hereby orders that the guidelines and instructions shall continue to remain valid till 30.11.2020, subject to the following modifications that instead of a ceiling of 7000, the upper limit for permissible number of pilgrims to SMVD Shrine, Katra, shall be 15000, w.e.f. 01 .11 .2020".
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday issued an order stating that the upper limit of pilgrims will be increased to 15,000, earlier which was only 7,000.
Joint Quick Reaction Teams (QRTs) comprising police and CRPF personnel are being deployed at all entry and exit points of the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir for the festival of Navratri, officials said on Wednesday.
7,000 pilgrims will be allowed per day to pay obeisance at the cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi from October 15. The Navratri will begin on October 17 and will end on October 26.
Unable to visit Vaishno Devi this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic?Now you can book your puja online and local priests will offer it on you and your family's behalf. Also, get prasad delivered at your doorsteps.
The COVID19 has restricted people from going to Mata Vaishno Devi which is why the Shree Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has started home delivery of the offerings (prasad) to devotees in association with the Department of Posts. To get the prasad delivery at your home, the booking needs to be done on the website of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board.
Vaishno Devi online yatra registration and helicopter booking will available from August 26 to September 5, 2020, Ramesh Kumar Jangid, CEO of Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board said.
Pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi in Jammu resumed from August 16. Pilgrims arrived at base camp for the Yatra.
Pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Vaishno Devi in the Trikuta Hills of Jammu and Kashmir'' Reasi district will resume from tomorrow (August 16) after remaining suspended for nearly five months in view of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Saturday. The yatra was suspended on March 18.
Presenting a perfect exemplar of communal harmony, the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine has been providing sehri and iftari to Muslims quarantined at Aashirwad Bhawan in Katra during the holy month of Ramzan. The shrine authorities had converted the space into a quarantine centre back in March amid the coronavirus crisis.
The cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi, situated at the Trikuta Hills in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi, recorded its lowest arrival of pilgrims in three years in 2019 with less than 79.5 lakhs devotees visiting the temple, Shrine Board officials said on Thursday.
A 22-year-old man along with his accomplice went to Vaishno Devi shrine after allegedly killing his friend whom he suspected of having an affair with his girl friend, police said on Monday.
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