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JAI MATA DI
High, High to the north, amidst
snow capped mountains and sprawling forests arise from within the
holy shrine of Maa Vaishno Devi. Our journey takes you to this
awesome wilderness, a place so holy and sacred, a place of mystery
and adventure scarcely known to most in modern world. The Yatra
begins at Katra and pilgrims cover 13km of terrain on foot to
reach the holy Darbar. There is a common faith among the folk that
Goddess-Vaishno sends a 'Call' to her devotees : and that once a
person receives it, wherever he or she is, marches towards the
holy shrine of the great Goddess. Howsoever difficult the passage
may be : the difficult ascents, with innumerable stairs, are
accomplished on foot by those who had never walked even small
distances at their homes. A supernatural power seems to draw them
through the mountain and they climb up those great heights step by
step, chanting 'Prem se bolo, JAI MATA DI' The Holy Cave Shrine of
Maa Vaishno Devi is situated in a beautiful recess of the Holy
Trikuta Mountains forming a part of the lower Himalayas as in the
State of Jammu and Kashmir. There are images of three deities -
The Mahakali, Maa Saraswati and Maha Lakshmi.
PAUDI PAUDI CHADDA JA, JAI MATA DI KARDA JA
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