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.
Once the trails are successfully completed, the Vande Bharat Express - capable of speeds of 130kmph, will leave New Delhi station and make stops in Ambala, Ludhiana and Jammu Tawi before making its way towards Katra.
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik reconstituted the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) for a period of three years with immediate effect on Tuesday.
A 71-year-old pilgrim from Maharashtra died after he suffered a massive heart attack en route the Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday.
JK Governor dedicates passenger ropeway service to Vaishno Devi pilgrims
The insurance cover shall be in addition to the accidental cover available to each pilgrim once he or she collects the yatra slip and commences the journey.
On the onset of Navratri, Sara Ali Khan shared a throwback picture clicked at the holy shrine of Vaishno Devi.
An 85-year-old pilgrim died near the Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Earlier on Sunday, at least seven people were killed and more than 33 injured after when landslide hit people bathing in a waterfall in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.
During his visit, the President went around the shrine complex, viewed the facilities and met with pilgrims.
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