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The temple, at a height of 1,585 metres (5,200 ft) is 12 km from Katra on Trikuta hill. It is about 61 km from Jammu city. [11] [12] A geological study of the Holy Cave has indicated its age to be nearly a million years. There is also a mention of the Trikuta hill in Rigveda, the place where the temple is located. [13]
The 22461 / 22462 Shri Shakti AC Superfast Express is a AC Superfast train run by Indian Railways between New Delhi and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway stations in India. [ 2 ] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on 4 July 2014 flagged off this train from Katra Vaishno Devi while commissioning the 25-km-long Udhampur-Katra line, built ...
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. [10] [11] [12] The Shakta tradition considered it as one of the 108 Shakti Peethas dedicated to goddess Durga. [13] It is one of the most visited pilgrimage centers of ...
It gets a very high priority on its route. It is the one and only train from Mumbai which directly connects Katra in Jammu It operates as train number 12471 from Bandra Terminus to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and as train number 12472 in the reverse direction. It would initially run from Mumbai Central. Later it was transferred to Bandra Terminus.
The Phase-1 of Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway consists of two sections, namely Delhi–Nakodar–Gurdaspur (NE-5) and Nakodar–Amritsar (NE-5A). The Phase-2 consists of Gurdaspur–Katra section. Following is the alignment agreed by the Governments of Haryana, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir with the NHAI. [7] [17] [3]
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 Kamakhya–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express is an Superfast Express train belonging to Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between Kamakhya Junction and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra in India. It is currently being operated with 15655/15656 [1] train numbers on a weekly basis.
The holy place of Baba Dhansar is located at Karua Jheel (pond) near village Karua, 17 km from Reasi towards Katra in Reasi district of Jammu & Kashmir State, India. [1] The approach involves a walk of 200 metres from the road.