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The ground floor of Katra railway station has escalators, lifts, current reservation, second class booking, train enquiry section, pilgrim guide, tourist assistance, VIP lounge, a fully air-conditioned hotel with a shopping lounge, multi-cuisine restaurant, cloak room, waiting hall, a book stall, tea stall, toilet blocks, and catering area.
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK) Stops: 3: Distance travelled: 655 km (407 mi) Average journey time: 08 hrs: Service frequency: Six days a week [a] Train number(s) 22439 / 22440: Line(s) used: Delhi–Kalka (till Ambala Cantt.) Ambala–Amritsar line (till Jalandhar Cantt. Jn.) Jalandhar–Jammu Tawi line; Jammu Tawi - Baramulla (till Shri ...
Shrine Board have also constructed guest houses such as Vaishnavi Dham, Saraswati Dham, Kalika Dham, Niharika Yatri Niwas, Shakti Bhawan and Ashirwad Bhawan near the Railway station and Bus stand at Katra. [40] During the winter season from the month of December to January the Vaishno Devi Temple is covered with snow. [41] [42]
The Vaishno Devi Temple is an important Hindu temple dedicated to Vaishno Devi located in Katra at the Trikuta Mountains within the Indian Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. [9] [10] [11] The Shakta tradition considered it as one of the 108 Shakti Peethas dedicated to goddess Durga. [12] It is one of the most visited pilgrimage centers of India.
As of 2011 Indian Census, Katra had a total population of 9,008, of which 5,106 were males and 3,902 were females. The population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 1,012. The total number of literates in Katra was 6,841, which constituted 75.9% of the population with male literacy of 79.4% and female literacy of 71.4%.
The 16787 / 16788 Tirunelveli-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Navyug Express is a weekly train running between the stations Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, in Jammu and Kashmir, and Tirunelveli Junction, in Tamil Nadu. It takes about 69 hours to travel a distance of 3,633 kilometres (2,257 mi).
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On service at Vaishno Devi to carry devotee from Katra to Vaishno Devi Dham Pawan Hans owned Aérospatiale Dauphin Medical Reconnaissance helicopter on display. Pawan Hans Limited (PHL) is a transport service operated as a central public sector undertaking based at Noida in Delhi NCR, India.