The pilgrimage of Mata Vaishno Devi temple located on the Trikuta hills of Jammu is also postponed on Wednesday (September 3). Meanwhile, landslide occurred in the summer point on the track of going to the temple. However, no pilgrims were present at the time of the incident, so no life was damaged nor any injured.

In view of landslides and heavy rains on Mata Vaishno Devi temple route located in Reasi district, arrangements have also been vacated by precautionary officials.

Katra base camp deserted

The Katra base camp appears to be completely deserted in the absence of devotees due to the pilgrimage of Vaishno Devi temple being suspended.

The Meteorological Department said on Wednesday (3 September) that the base camp of Vaishno Devi temple recorded more than 200 mm of rain during the last 24 hours, which is the highest in Jammu region.

A big accident took place on 26 August

The pilgrimage of Vaishno Devi was stopped on 26 August. However, the temple is open and its priests are doing prayers and rituals daily. On August 26, there was a big landslide due to rain on the old route near Ardhkunwari. In this accident, 34 devotees were killed and 20 others were injured.

Some pilgrims, who have reached Katra due to the postponement of the pilgrimage, are offering prayers at ‘Darshani Deodhi’ (the main entrance of the temple). Pramod, a devotee from Nagpur in Maharashtra, said in a conversation with the news agency PTI, “I had booked aircraft, train and hotel tickets about three months ago to offer prayers in the temple. But the pilgrimage is postponed, so I am offering prayers here (Darshani Deodhi) before returning home.

When will the journey start?

Due to continuous rains, the water level in rivers and drains, Banganga river has increased. Banganga passes through Jammu. Officials said that the decision to resume the yatra would be taken when the situation will improve and the barrier for the devotees on the 12 -km long double route to this temple on the hill would be removed.

This is the longest time ever since the Kovid-19 sanctions when the journey has been suspended. In the year 2024, about 95 lakh devotees worshiped Mata Vaishno Devi. That is, on average 26,027 per day. Devotees donated Rs 172 crore in FY 2024-25 (till January).

Bihar Special Trains: Everyday passengers go on journey daily in India. For which thousands of trains are run daily by the railway daily. Everyday many passengers from different states of the country go on journey. Many people go somewhere during the summer season. Due to which there is a lot of demand for seats in the train.

Therefore, the railway runs special trains every year during the summer season. This time too, many special trains are being run by the Railways. Railways have announced to run 5 special trains this time for passengers of Bihar. In this, the passengers will also get a chance to see Mata Vaishno. Let us tell you. When will the passengers get these trains. Know their complete information.

This train will see Mata Vaishno Devi

In summer, many special trains are run by the railway. This time, special trains have been announced to run special trains for Bihar. This train will also get the passengers to see Mata Vaishno Devi. According to information received by Katihar Railway Division, DCM Dheeraj Chandra Kalita, train number 04606 Katihar Guwahati Special Train is being run for Mata Vaishno Devi Katra via Katihar. Let us tell you that this train will run from May 5. This special train for Vaishno Mata Devi Katra will run from May 2 to May 30. This train will run every Friday in the week. Special train number 04606 from both sides will trip 5-5.

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The timing of the train will be so much

Train number 04606 will run from Shri Vaishno Devi Katra at 1:30 pm every Friday. Which will reach Katihar at 10:25 am, in addition to this, this train will leave for Guwahati after 10 minutes of stoppage. Which will reach Guwahati on Sunday at 08:20 pm. Talking in return, train number 04605 will run from Guwahati every Monday at 11 pm. And will reach Katihar at 10.25 am. After 0 minute stoppage, it will leave from Katihar to Jammu Katra at 10.35 am. Which will reach Katra at 08:45 pm.

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These special trains are also being run

More special trains are being run by the Railways for Bihar. In which train number 11015 Lokmanya Tilak Saharsa Amrit Bharat Train will be run every Friday from Mumbai every Friday. This train has 11 general coaches, 8 sleeper coaches, 2 disabled coaches and 1 kitchen coaches. This train will go via Khagaria, Samastipur, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur, Pataliputra DDU in Bihar. Apart from this, the train number 03221/0322 Rajgir – Vaishno Devi Katra Special is also being run from Rajgir from 2:00 pm every Monday.

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Which will be run from 14 April to 30 June. And if we talk, special train number 03223/03224 is also being run. So also train number 04085/04086 New Delhi – Vaishno Devi Katra Special from New Delhi to 28 April to 30 June. So from Katra will run from April 29 to July 1. Explained that changes can be made by the Railways in the given information. Therefore, go to the official site of the railway and make a plan to go on the journey only by checking the status.

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