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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 Governor of Jammu and Kashmir is the ex-officio chairman of the board. [38] In 1991, Shri Mata Vaishno devi Shrine Board management also took the control of Shiv Khori, a famous Shiva temple. [39] Vaishno Devi Temple during winter. Shrine Board have also constructed guest houses such as Vaishnavi Dham, Saraswati Dham, Kalika Dham, Niharika ...
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 ...
Following the 1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election that were widely perceived to have been rigged, disgruntled Kashmiri youth such as the so-called 'HAJY group' – Abdul Hamid Shaikh, Ashfaq Majid Wani, Javed Ahmed Mir and Mohammed Yasin Malik – joined the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front(JKLF) as an alternative to 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. [80] 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. [81]
Gulab Singh, The first Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, which was founded in 1846. 1909 Map of the Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu. The names of regions, important cities, rivers, and mountains are underlined in red. In 1845, the First Anglo-Sikh War broke out.
Kashmiriyat (also spelled as Kashmiriat) is the centuries-old indigenous tradition of communal harmony and religious syncretism in the Kashmir Valley in Indian-administered Kashmir. [3] Emerging around the 16th century, it is characterised by religious and cultural harmony, patriotism and pride for their mountainous homeland of Kashmir. [4]
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