Planning your visit
Visiting Vaishno Devi Temple
Jammu and Kashmir · Cave shrine of ancient origin; modern pilgrim infrastructure developed from the 1980s · dedicated to Vaishno Devi (Adi Shakti)
Getting there
Airport
- Jammu Airport, Katra — 4.5 km
- Jammu Airport, Chenani — 38.1 km
Railway station
- Railway Station SVDK, Katra — 5 km
- Railway Station Udhampur, Jammu Kashmir, Udhampur — 20.8 km
Bus stand
- Katra Bus Stand, Katra — 4.6 km
Distances are straight-line from the temple, not road distance.
When to go
Best months: Mar · Apr · Sep · Oct · Nov
Festivals: Navratri (Chaitra and Sharad) · Vaishno Devi Utsav
Where to stay
- Hotel Jayanti Palace — 0.0 km
- Gauri Bhawan — 0.6 km
- Vaishno Devi Hotel — 1.2 km
- Mentokling Residency — 3.2 km
- Mateshwari Palace-Katra — 3.7 km
- Hotel Vaishnavi Palace — 3.8 km
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On the day
- Opening times
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- Entry
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- Dress code
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- Photography
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- Accessibility
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