[Jammu]86 Lac Devotees Sought Blessings Of Vaishno Devi Shrine
The Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir has recorded the highest arrival of pilgrims in the past five years, with nearly 86-lakh devotees visiting the temple in 2018.
There has been an increase of more than four-lakh pilgrims last year when as many as 85,86,541 pilgrims visited the cave shrine as compared to 81.78 lakh the preceding year. The number of pilgrims in 2016 was 81.73 lakh, officials of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board said.
The arrival of pilgrims in the shrine, located in Reasi district, is the highest in the past five years. It had dropped from 93.24 lakh in 2013 to 78.03 lakh in 2014, and further to 77.77 lakh in 2015 and 77.24 lakh in 2016,
In 1986, when the board took over the affairs of the shrine for better management, the annual footfall was around 14 lakh. Since then, there has been a steady increase every year, with the number of pilgrims touching an all-time high of 1.05 crore in 2012,
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86 Lac Bhakts Sought Blessings Of Mata Vaishno Devi:Highest in 5 Yrs
Khattar Donates Salary for Baba Banda Singh Bahadur School
[Jammu]Khattar Donates Salary for Baba Banda Singh Bahadur School
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday paid obeisance at the Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Earlier in the day, Khattar laid the foundation stone of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur public school in Naushera sector near the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district.
He announced a donation of Rs 31 lakh from the Harayana government and said he will be contributing his one month’s salary and Rs 1 lakh for the school.
Khattar also lauded the efforts of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in reaching out to the border residents and extending all possible support to mitigate their problems.
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