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The Trikuta Mountains in Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, India, also famous for the Vaishno-Devi temple The town of Katra in the night. Katra is located at 32°59′N 74°57′E / 32.98°N 74.95°E / 32.98; 74.
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.
She shot an arrow in the ground and a river sprang from it. She bathed in it, washing her hair. This is why the river is also known as Bal Ganga, with "Bal" meaning "hair" in ‘’’Hindi’’’. More than 10 million visitors make the pilgrimage each year, and many bathe in the river to cleanse before they depart on the full journey.
In 1898, Maharaja Prathap Singh first explored to connect Jammu with Srinagar. But due to non-co ordination and other reasons, it stopped. [citation needed] In April 2005, the Jammu Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Railway Link was completed up to Udhampur railway station from Jammu side and up to Banihal railway station from Srinagar side.
Events led the Sikh Empire to recognise Jammu as a vassal state in 1820, and later the British added Kashmir to Jammu with the Treaty of Amritsar in 1846. The founder of the dynasty, Gulab Singh , was an influential noble in the court of the Sikh emperor Maharaja Ranjit Singh , while his brother Dhian Singh served as the prime minister of the ...
The gross domestic product of Jammu and Kashmir was estimated at ₹ 1.76 lakh crore (equivalent to ₹ 2.1 trillion or US$24 billion in 2023) in 2020–21. [79] In the fiscal year 2023–2024, it is expected that Jammu and Kashmir's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will exceed Rs 2.30 lakh crore, with a growth rate of 10 per cent. [80]
Katra, Jammu and Kashmir or Vaishno Devi, a small town in Jammu and Kashmir; Katra, Allahabad, a locality/township in Uttar Pradesh; Katra, Gonda, a town and a nagar panchayat in Uttar Pradesh; Katra Gulab Singh, a town and regional market in Uttar Pradesh; Katra Medniganj, a town and a nagar panchayat in Uttar Pradesh; Katra, Shahjahanpur, a ...
Kashmir (/ ˈ k æ ʃ m ɪər / KASH-meer or / k æ ʃ ˈ m ɪər / kash-MEER) is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range.