Jammu, April 9 (IANS) A record number of more than 23 lakh Yatris have so far paid obeisance at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Katra town of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, CEO of the Shrine Board said. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board CEO, Sachin Kumar Vaishya, told reporters on Wednesday that this year 23 lakh Yatris visited the shrine so far and this number is two lakh more than last year.He assured pilgrims coming to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine that facilities were being f…
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Jammu, March 24 (IANS) Police in J&K’s Reasi district on Tuesday reunited two missing persons with their families, bringing relief to the worried relatives. Police said that continuing its commitment to public safety and citizen assistance, it successfully traced and reunited two missing persons in separate incidents reported from Katra.In the first incident, Anil Kumar Tripathi, son of Amar Nath Tripathi, resident of Barra, Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), who had been missing from his home,…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Rush of devotees continued across temples in various parts of the country on Tuesday as people celebrated the sixth day of Chaitra Navratri.The nine-day festival is dedicated to the nine forms of Goddess Durga. The sixth day is significant for the worship of Goddess Katyayani.Speaking on the occasion, Pujari Vinod Mishra at Delhi’s Jhandewalan Temple, told IANS, “Today is the sixth day of Vasantha Navratri. On this day, Goddess Katyayani is worshipped. Especially, girl…
Jammu, March 22 (IANS) A huge rush of pilgrims reached the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine base camp, Katra, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Sunday, and they are now proceeding towards the shrine as the Navratri festival picks up momentum. Office of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) said on Sunday that a massive rush of devotees is being witnessed at Katra, the base camp of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, as over 30,000 pilgrims have departed for their onward journey to the hol…