pilgrim today died due to heartattack on his way to cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi in Katra,50 kms from here, police said.Yogesh Talwar, a resident of Malviya Nagar, Delhi, wason his way to the shrine along with a friend when he sufferedthe heart attack at Adhkuwari in Katra belt of Reasi district,they said.Madras...
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woman pilgrim died of cardiac failure in a hotel at Vaishno Devi base camp Katra in mountainous Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police sources said here today.Matneesha Devi, 30, wife of Updesh, resident of Bhanpur, district Lalipur, Uttar Pradesh died of heart attack in a hotel room last night, police sources told UNI.She was immediately shifted to the hospital but declared brought dead. The...
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Jammu, Nov 8 : Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who is battling a political crisis, visited the revered cave shrine of Vaishno Devi in Jammu and Kashmir and offered prayers.Yeddyurappa was at the shrine Saturday in the Trikuta hills, about 5,500 feet above sea level, for more than an hour. His visit comes after he shed tears publicly for being forced to ditch his close aides - bowing to the...
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Thousands of pilgrims today suffered problems due to a bandh called given by the Beopar Mandal Katra in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.Pilgrims visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi cave shrine faced inconvenience due to the 72-hour bandh call given in protest against shifting of the bus stand, sources told UNI.We were unaware of the strike call due to which we suffered a lot as we did not carry eatables...
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Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who is battling a political crisis, visited the revered cave shrine of Vaishno Devi in Jammu and Kashmir and offered prayers.Yeddyurappa was at the shrine Saturday in the Trikuta hills, about 5,500 feet above sea level, for more than an hour. His visit comes after he shed tears publicly for being forced to ditch his close aides - bowing to the demands of his...
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additional measures to evolve appropriate strategies for further improvement in the management of Amarnath pilgrimage from next year to protect the fragile ecology of the region, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has recovered 20 tonnes of garbage during its cleanliness drive on shortest Balta-Cave route after this year's yatra concluded on August 5.The post 2009-yatra cleanliness drive was launched...
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Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra, today visited and held detailed discussions at Baltal and Panchtarni after undertaking an extensive aerial reconnaissance of the Holy Cave Shrine area and both the routes. He specially undertook this tour to review the massive cleanliness drive, post Yatra-2009, which had been launched for protecting the fragile ecology of this region.The Governor took stock of...
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JAMMU: As many as 74,20,910 pilgrimshave visited the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi here so far this year and theauthorities expect the number to cross the eight-million mark."TheVaishno Devi pilgrimage has broken the previous record of 74,17,619 in 2007,"Additional Chief Executive Officer (ACEO) M K Bhandari said.Thenumber of devotees had taken a dip in 2008 in view of the two-month-longAmarnath...
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many as 74,20,910 pilgrims have visited the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi here so far this year, and the authorities expect the number to cross the eight-million mark."The Vaishno Devi pilgrimage has broken the previous record of 74,17,619in 2007," additional chief executive officer (ACEO) MK Bhandari today said.The number of devotees in had taken a dip in 2008 in view of the two-month-long Amarnath...
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Tibetan art and manuscripts found in Himalayan caves linked to mythical \`Shangri-La\` < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateTibetan art and manuscripts found in Himalayan caves linked to mythical "Shangri-La"A treasure trove of Tibetan art and manuscripts uncovered in "sky high" Himalayan caves in Nepal could be linked to the storybook paradise of Shangri-La.According to a report in National Geographic...
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