Long queue for covid test at railway Station
Though i go there every year but this time i went alone to the Vaishno Devi Mata after the effect of covid perceptibly low. So, Mata Vaishno Devi is located in Jammu City. It is one of the most sacred place for Hindus, to get the darshan of maa(mother) Vaishno you have to do a trek of around 13-14 km.
so this time i went alone with my trekking bag and when i reached to railway station there was long queue (as you can see the pic above) of covid testing following the Covid-19 Guidelines.After doing all formalities i booked a hotel near the railway station and it was around 3 pm so i refreshed myself and started my journey/trek around 6-6:30 PM . I continiously hiked for 4km and reached to place called 'Ardhkunwari' , the place where Maa Vaishno Devi resided and meditated for 9 months after taking some rest i again started my trek to 'Bhawan'(Temple of Vaishno Mata) its almost 8 km from 'Ardhkunwari' in between i clicked some pics of this beautiful place the view is such a bliss to my eyes😍
so i started it around 6:30 pm and when i reached 'Ardhkunwari' its around 8 pm (i walked at good speed without taking any break) and i reached to 'Bhawan' but its belived to take bath before darshan (visit) so there's a bathroom
and trust me it is one of the most difficult task for evey bhakt(Devotee)😅 to do because the water comes directly from the mountains and its so cold that it will freeze your body for a moment but also its very fun to do people shout Jai Mata Di 🚩🚩(Long live Mother) as i was alone so its quite difficult for me to take bath and monitoring my bag but somehow i managed it, after taking bath i bought some Prasadam/bhent(Holy Offerings) and took the blessings of my Maa Vaishno at 'Bhawan'
after taking darshan of 'Bhawan' it is believed to take the Darshan or blessing of 'Bhairo Baba' else your darshan of Maa Viashno will go in vain ,so the Bhairo Baba temple is further 3 km from 'Bhawan' and its quite uphill and steep its around 12:30-1 am
after reaching and had darshan of Temple and had a nice interaction with Panditji (priest) but i was exhausted totally and now i have to go back to my hotel so i started trekking downhill and after some hours my legs started trembling and it took me almost 6 hrs to reach below after sunrise i had to still run for some kilometers😅
i will go again as i said i go there
every year but this was memorable because its my first solo trip.
have glance at some pics (sorry for the poor quality of pics)😅
in my up coming post will share about my trips
Thank You
NOTE : All the images / pics are taken by me