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The Vaishnodevi temple is
loctaed in Kashmir in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The
temple is located around 12 km away from Katra in the Udhampur district.
Vaishno Devi temple is situated at an altitude of 1615 m on the Trikuta
Hills of Shivalik Range.
Every year thousands of devotees plan Vaishno Devi yatra to seek
blessings of Goddess Vaishno Devi. She is considered to be the
incarnation of Goddess Saraswati, Goddess Lakshmi and Goddess Kali.
The main reason of birth of
Vaishno Devi was the destruction of Demon Mahishasura. The divine girl
was born to a man called Ratnakar who named her Vaishnavi.
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She was brighter than all
other children of her age, in fact, at a young age itself, she acquired
more knowledge than many famous scholars. She renounced all worldly ties
and went into deep jungles for meditating. She used to worship Lord
Vishnu and on directions of Lord Rama, she built an ashram for
meditating.
Soon, a man called Bhairon
Nath came to know about her and when he saw her, he was smitten by her
beauty and grace. He started to pester her to marry him. Vaishnavi
decided to run away to jungles to evade him. After long time of this
hide and seek, she confronted him on the entrance of a cave and beheaded
him.
Bhairon Nath after death realized his mistake and prayed for
forgiveness. He was forgiven by the Goddess and was blessed that every
devotee who comes to worship her will also have to visit the temple of
Bhairon Nath without which their Vaishno Devi yatra will be incomplete.
Vaishnavi then left her human body and become a rock statue and went
into meditation.
Undertake Vaishno Devi yatra to get awestruck by three rock cut statues
in the 100 feet long cave. Inside the Vaishno Devi temple, middle one
represents Goddess Lakshmi, right statue represents Goddess Kali and
left one represents Goddess Saraswati.
How to
reach
Nearest airport is Jammu Airport (also known as Satwari Airport (IATA: IXJ, ICAO: VIJU))
is a civil airport in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
One can easily reach Vaishno Devi Temple from the city by taking local Buses,
Rickshaws, Tongas and Taxis.
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