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Katra a small town serves as the base camp for visiting
the famous shrine of Vaishnodeviji in the Trikuta Hills.
Katra is 50 kms from Jammu. The shrine is approachable on foot along a
12 kms. Long well laid foot-path. Every year, nearly 4 million pilgrims
pass through Katra on their way to Vaishnodeviji. Accommodation is available
in Tourist Bungalows, Yatrika and a number of private hotels, beside pilgrims''sarais'.
The Legend of Mata Vaishnodeviji.
Everyday of the year throngs of people surge up the steep pathways that
cut across the Trikuta hillsides for mile after mile. This show of faith
is finely interwoven with the cultural strands of the Indian subcontinent,
and these pathways have been trod on for many centuries now. Popular belief
holds that anybody who walks the Himalayan trail to the goddesses's abode
to ask for a boon rarely goes back disappointed. Whatever be it, a new
enterprise or a forthcoming examination, marriage or birth, the devout
look up to the Mata For blessings and guidance. There are many who journey
year after year to pay obeisance regardless of their faith or belief,
creed or class, caste or religion.
Katra Tourist Place Visit
Aghar Jitto : Just 5 km away from Katra is Aghar Jitto, the Shrine of
Baba Jitto, a devotee of Mata Vaishno Devi and a revolutionary who led
a campaign against the feudal order. According to legends, a dip in the
holy spring water, flowing in front of the shrine, does miracles to pre-natal
women for safe delivery of children. A path from here leads to Shri Mata
Vaishno Devi.
Dera Baba Banda :
At about 30 kms from Katra lies this major Hindu-Sikh pilgrimage centre.
Baba Banda Bairaagi was Guru Gobind Singh's favourite 'Saint-soldier',
who had the gurudwara constructed on the banks of river Chenab, where
he spent his last days.
Baba Dhansar : 
Located 10 kms from Katra (1 km on foot) is Baba Dhansar, a beautiful
and cool picnic spot. Here, a huge spring gushes out of the mountainside
in a thick grove of trees and forms a number of small waterfalls before
flowing into the holy Banganga. Next to the spring in a small grove in
the rock face is a naturally formed 'Shivling' on which droplets of water
fall naturally all the year round. A major 'mela' (fair) is held here
during Shivratri.
Shiv Khori :
This holy cave is nearly a kilometer long and houses a 4 ft high, naturally
formed 'Shivling'. It is considered second only to the shrine of Mata
Vaishno Devi in religious importance. There are stalactites & stalagmites
dripping milky limestone water from the ceiling. Situated at a distance
of about 100 kms from Jammu and about 75 kms from Katra, Shiv Khori hosts
a major fair on Shivratri day every year.
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