Natural cave opened for devotees of Mata Vaishno Devi

Devotees of Mata Vaishno Devi have a reason to rejoice. Recently, the old and ancient cave of Vaishno Devi shrine in Trikuta hills was opened for pilgrims to offer prayers. The old cave, which was opened on January 15, 2020, remains open for pilgrims only during January and February when the crowd is lesser. For the remaining part of the year, the devotees have to make their way through the new caves to reach the inner shrine. The natural cave is opened only after the auspicious festival of Makar Sankranti every year.
Ramesh Kumar, CEO of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, told the press that the old cave has been opened for the sake of providing darshan to visiting pilgrims.


The sub-divisional magistrate has assigned the responsibility to regulate the darshan from the old cave, considering the number of pilgrims so that no one feels uncomfortable. Mr Kumar also added that the cave has been opened only due to the reason that the pilgrim arrivals are under ten thousand these days.
On New Year’s Day, countless pilgrims visited the famous Mata Vaishno Devi shrine to ask for blessings for the coming year. The holy cave enshrines the stone images of goddesses Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati.