Katra, Base camp of Vaishnodevi Mandir, Important Religious place of Hinduism, Jammu & Kashmir, India

History, Best Places to Visit and Travel Guide of Katra, Major Pilgrimage Destination of Jammu & Kashmir, India

Katra, the base camp to reach Vaishnodevi Temple, one of the most important pilgrimage destination India and highly sacred for Hinduism is small town and tehsil of Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Katra, also spelled as Katara sometime is located at height of 2474 feet above sea level and in foothills of the Trikuta Mountains, where the sacred shrine of Maa Vaishno Devi is located. Sacred River Banganga is passing through the small town Katra. Vishno Devi temple is at around 13 km uphill from the Katra, thus Katra is the base site for pilgrims.

As millions of devotee and tourist across the world reaches Vaishnodevi Temple to get blessing of goddess, Katra becomes the one of the major tourist destination of India. You can find lots of Dharmshala, Guest House, Budget and Luxury Hotel, Dhabas, Restaurants, travel option, shopping market for local Kashmiri items.

To reach Vaishno Devi temple from Katara, you go on feet, also you can find horses/ponies or on palanquins or dollies. Now a days Helicopter service started, which takes the pilgrims till Sanjichhat, just a couple of kilometers from away from Vaishnodevi Temple.

Pilgrim and tourist can visited here throughout the year but the best time to visit it is from March to October to enjoy nature and beauty of surrounding region.

Ban Ganga, Charan Paduka, Adhkuwari, Himkoti, Sanjhichhat, Bhairon Ghati etc. are important spot on the way and around Katra to Vaishnodevi Temple.

How to Reach Katra, Base Camp for Vaishnodevi Temple, Jammu Kashmir, India

Vaishodevi being one of the major pilgrimage and tourist destination of India which is located just 13 km from Katra, Jammu & Kashmir. Thus Katra is very well connected with all major cities of India via road, rail and air network. Millions of tourist and pilgrims across the world visits here throughout the year which makes Katra more convenient in terms of travel, accommodation and other services. Katra has major railway line from where you can get train to almost all region of India. Jammu Airport is the located at just 50 km from Katra from where you can find flight to almost every region of India. Katra is located at just 24 km Reasi, 40 km from Jammu, 250 km from Srinagar, 260 km from Amritsar and 248 km from Khajiar.

Taluka / Tehsil: Katra, District: Reasi, State: jammu-kashmir, Country: india.

Religious Importance: Hindu

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