As we continue our climb, I meet 59-year-old Pushpa Devi from Banaras. I stare at her in wonderment when she tells me this is her 45th visit to the temple. She is equally bewildered to hear this is my ...

Navratri 2025: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) has announced that persons with disabilities will receive various free services to facilitate their pilgrimage to the temple in Katra belt ...

As the auspicious Chaitra Navratri 2025 draws to a close, today, on the occasion of Durga Ashtami, various devotees gathered at Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir. Women and children, were seen ...

Katra (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 5 (ANI): As the Navratri festivities continue, devotees have started arriving at Vaishno Devi Mandir in Jammu's Katra district on the occasion of Chaitra ...

The Vaishno Devi Temple is also known as Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine. The temple is a revered Hindu pilgrimage site that is nestled in the Trikuta Mountains of Jammu and Kashmir, near Katra. This ...

Lieutenant Governor (LG) of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Manoj Sinha, has directed the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board to provide the best possible medical care and support to ...

Following the suspension of the Vaishno Devi Yatra, several devotees have been stranded in the region, with some waiting at hotels in Katra for the yatra to resume. Devotees present in the area said ...

On the first day of Chaitra Navratri, large number of devotees gather to pay obeisance at the Mata Vaishno Devi Mandir in Katra, Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday morning. During the nine-day festival, each ...

The Vaishno Devi Shrine Board will be repatriating the bodies of landslide victims to their native places. People at the entry gate for the Vaishno Devi Temple after the ‘yatra’ was temporarily ...