A road to pilgrimage- jammu & katra

To visit jammu & kashmir is a dream come true for many people .

So here we go .
I reached jammu via flight from delhi at 3 pm.

The first lapse visit that I took was of kali mata mandir.

1) kali mata mandir , jammu.

The second location that I visited was - Amar mahal palace .

2) Amar Mahal palace

late night , I came to Katra .

The hotel I booked  was  Lemon tree hotel.

It's a female friendly hotel with wonderful hospitality .
Below loaded are outside views of my hotel .

Early morning I left for katra market , showing you certain views from the market.

The people in katra are very warm welcoming and you can hear the jaykara ' jai mata di 'from everyone which is also a way of greeting.
You can shop lots of dryfruits from katra.

You can get keychains , earrings , bags and what not apart from the shawls and sweaters which are a speciality of J&k.

26/07/2021

Today I headed for vaishnodevi .

Sab mil bolo jai mata di .
Prem se bolo jai mata di.

Phones are not allowed inside , you can't take your camera inside.
Enroute you can shop for prasad and chadawa although don't buy shringar stuff , as it will be thrown by security personnel due to covid 19 .

You can take a walk or hire a pony.
Hiring pony costs you ₹ 1250 per person . one way.

The Vaishnodevi darshan is incomplete without bhairon baba's darshan .

If you hire a pony again to Bhairon baba , it will cost you ₹ 1650 per person.

Otherwise , you can opt for helicopter to vaishnodevi's or cable car to Bhairon baba's.

I can still feel the sounds in my ears

"Chalo bulawaya aaya hai mata ne bulaya hai. "

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now , I will be leaving for patnitop and Kashmir ,
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