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 Vaishno
Devi
The abode of the Goddess Vaishno Devi is in the
Moutains of Trikuta Hills, in the Jammu and Kashmir
State of Northern India. The Goddess resides in
a beautiful cave in the form of 3 'Pindis' namely,
“Maha Kali”, “Maha Laxmi” and “Maha Sarawati”. Vaishno
Devi is a hard four-hour (13-km) climb from Katra.
In fact, the number of Yatris visiting the Holy
Shrine annually now exceeds 5 million. This is due
to the unflinching faith of the devotees who throng
the Shrine from all parts of India and abroad.
The legend of Vaishno Devi in India, tells the tale
of a devotee of Lord Vishnu who defeated a demon
Bhairon Nath, by taking on the form of Kali.
On returning from the vaishnodevi temple you can
see the Bhairon temple, where the head of Bhairon
is believed to have fallen when he was killed by
Mata Vishno Devi.The religious fervour of the devotees
and the spectacular scenery, combine to make the
Vaishnodevi Temple Yatra a truly memorable spiritual
journey in India..
Amarnath
Yatra
Amarnath is 145 km east of Srinagar
in Kashmir. There is an ice Silva-linga
here that changes size with the seasons,
and also as the moon waxes and wanes
it becomes bigger and smaller. On the
full moon day the linga is about 6 ft
high. Each year on the full moon day
of July-August (Sravana) when the Siva-linga
attains its maximum height there is
a festival at this cave temple. It is
said that Lord Siva first appeared on
this day.
The of the most important event during
July/ August, is Amarnath Yatra to the
Holy Pilgrimage. The Amarnath Yatra
is organised every year by the J &K
Govt. during the month of Shravan (
July and August); the dates however
, vary every year looking at the weather
conditions and according to Purnima
(Raksha Bandhan) in the month of Sharavan
(Vikrama Samwat).
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