Over 1.27 lakh pilgrims visit Vaishno Devi shrine in first 3 days of Navratra
Katra/Jammu, Oct 18 (PTI) More than 1.27 lakh people visited the Vaishno Devi cave shrine atop the Trikuta hills in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district in the first three days of the Navratra festival, officials said on Wednesday.
The shrine, located 45 kilometres from the winter capital Jammu, has been decked up to receive pilgrims from across the country during the nine-day Navratra festival, which commenced on October 15 and is scheduled to end on October 23.
“Over 1.27 lakh pilgrims paid their obeisance at the shrine during the first three days of the ongoing Navratra festival,” a shrine board official told PTI.
