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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.
It is situated at the foot of the Trikuta Mountains, where the shrine of Vaishno Devi is located. Katra is located 24 km (15 mi) from the town of Reasi, 42 km (26 mi) from the city of Jammu and around 685 km (426 mi) north of the national capital New Delhi and is the base for pilgrims visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi Temple. Mata Vaishnoo Devi Temple
Deccan Charters is an aviation company based in Bengaluru, India that operates helicopter and fixed-wing charter services. Its main base is HAL Bangalore International Airport . [ 4 ] Deccan Technical Services, the maintenance unit of Deccan Charters, maintains helicopters on behalf of 50 Indian corporates such as Reliance Industries and Essar ...
The 14,500-square-metre (156,000 sq ft) terminal can only handle domestic flights. It has 5 gates and 20 check-in desks. [6] A store selling traditional packaged food items, a shoe shop, a restaurant, and a souvenir store and information desk for pilgrims travelling to the Vaishno Devi temple are among the amenities available in the terminal.
2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election : Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Party Candidate Votes % ±% BJP: Baldev Raj Sharma: 18,199 : 39.96% : New: Independent: Jugal Kishore 16,204 35.58% New: INC: Bhupinder Singh 5,655 12.42% New: Independent: Sham Singh 4,191 9.20% New: Independent: Raj Kumar 434 0.95% New: NOTA: None of the Above 355 0 ...
Tourism is the largest industry in Jammu city. It is also a focal point for the pilgrims going to Vaishno Devi and Kashmir valley as it is second last railway terminal in North India. All the routes leading to Kashmir, Poonch, Doda and Laddakh start from Jammu city. So throughout the year, the city remains full of people from all the parts of ...
The Vaishno Devi shrine attracts millions of Hindu devotees every year. The town of Katra, which is 48 km (30 mi) from Jammu, contains the Vaishno Devi shrine. Nestling on top of the Trikuta Hills at a height of 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) is the sacred cave shrine of Vaishno Devi, the mother goddess. The cave is 30 metres (98 ft) long and just 1.5 ...
Vaishno Devi fled into Trikuta hills to escape his amorous advances, later she turned into her original form of Durga and cut off his head with her sword in a cave. [19] [20] According to author Manohar Sajnani, some legends hold that the original abode of Vaishno Devi was Ardh Kunwari, a place about 6 km [21] between Katra town and the cave.